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Innovative educational formats on the topics of marine conservation and sustainable use for various learning contexts and age groups - from kindergarten to adult education.
 

 

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Zwei Hände berühren einen Touchdisplay und interagieren mit dem Interaktiven Weltozean.
Foto: DAM Sinje Hasheider
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Interactive world ocean

Touchscreen-based ocean map for schools, educational institutions and exhibitions - navigate simply and intuitively by touch and immerse yourself in the underwater world.

DAM
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Foto der DAM Zukunftsbox, ein Spiel zum Nachhaltigen Umgang mit den Meeren.
Bild: DAM
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Future box oceans

In a workshop format, various future scenarios are developed in a playful way to answer the question: What will our oceans look like in the future?

DAM | Futurium
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ODK Broschüre: Meere Wissen Handeln
Deutsche Stiftung Meeresschutz
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Educational programmes of the UN Ocean Decade

Learning and teaching opportunities relating to the protection and sustainable use of the ocean - for formal and informal learning contexts (from daycare centres to lifelong learning).

ODK
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Strandhafer wächst auf Sanddünen am Meer
Bild: DAM
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Our OCEANS - Experience, understand, protect

Virtual reality: Dive down and explore the fascinating, diverse underwater world of the North and Baltic Seas.

NABU
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Die Startseite der Ocean School. Screenshot / DAM.
Foto: Screenshot / DAM
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Ocean School

The Ocean School offers exciting environmental education for pupils of different age groups. With videos, virtual reality / augmented reality and interactive projects in English and French, it covers subjects from science to social studies.

Ocean Frontier Institute | National Film Board of Canada
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Zwei Jungen sitzen lächelnd am Tisch, auf dem ein Globus und Bücher liegen. Kinder Bild. Frei zur Verwendung.Bild von Kris von Pixabay.
Image by Kris from Pixabay.
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Research exchange

Direct exchange with scientists: In the research exchange, you will find experts from numerous disciplines, who can introduce your class to the exciting world of science and research.

BMBF
PDF
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Teacher training course on the changing world ocean

From overfishing to the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea – this volume of the Hamburg Geography Symposium includes four lectures as part of a teacher training course on the changing world ocean and a didactic contribution on teaching methods.

Universität Hamburg
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Rosa und braunes Korallenriff, Ägypten, Sataya-Riff (Delphinhaus)
Foto von Veronica Reverse auf Unsplash
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Seas and oceans - Teaching materials

Knowledge rises empathy, empathy rises a sense of responsibility. The German Education Server provides useful links and teaching materials on the topic of oceans and marine pollution.

Deutscher Bildungsserver
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Illustration eines Aquarells einer Walflosse, die unter der Meeresoberfläche verschwindet. Furuno / Pixabay.
Illustration: Furuno / Pixabay
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Object histories of Arctic whaling in the 18th and 19th centuries

Did Moby Dick really exist? And how was he hunted? In this digital museum tour, you can learn about the development of whaling and its social relevance up to the present day.

Deutsches Museum
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Screenshot der SDG Academy Webseite mit Kursen in Rasteransicht. DAM.
Screenshot: DAM
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SDG Academy

The SDG Academy offers free educational resources on the topic of sustainability - sortable by UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Sustainable Development Solutions Network
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Junge Fische schwimmen in Plastik. Naja Bertolt Jensen / Ocean Image Bank.
Foto: Naja Bertolt Jensen / Ocean Image Bank
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PlasticSchool

Teaching materials (information, work and answer sheets) on the topic of plastic waste in the ocean for different school levels.

IOW | DMM
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Kleine Queller-Inseln im Nordsee Watternmeer bei Ebbe.Bild von Kerstin Herrmann auf Pixabay.
Bild von Kerstin Herrmann auf Pixabay.
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Waste kit from the Wadden Sea Learning Lab

The waste kit developed by the ICBM includes informational and task materials, a collection of experiments, and additional suggestions on the topic of plastic waste in the ocean.

ICBM | University of Oldenburg
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Ein Mantarochen schwimmt im Meer, umgeben von Plastikmüll wie Tüten und Flaschen.
Foto: Vincent Kneefel / Ocean Image Bank
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Plastic waste in the ocean — Teacher’s guide

The WWF guide provides primary and secondary school teachers with valuable materials and ideas on the topic of plastic waste in the ocean.

WWF
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Screenshot der Microplastic Compendium Startseite. DAM.
Screenshot: DAM
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Microplastic Compendium

What is microplastic, how does it end up in the sea, and what are the consequences of pollution for the marine environment? The digital information platform of the Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon provides answers to these and other questions.

Hereon
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Verschiedene bunte Verschlusskappen, gefunden als Plastikmüll am Strand. Meredith Andrews / Ocean Image Bank.
Foto: Meredith Andrews / Ocean Image Bank
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Plastic in the environment – Modular learning toolkit

A customisable modular learning toolkit on plastic in the environment for various educational levels.

AWI | University of Oldenburg
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Plastikflasche unter Wasser, Bali. Brian Yurasits / Ocean Image Bank.
Foto: Brian Yurasits / Ocean Image Bank
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Environment in class – Plastic waste in the ocean

Lesson plans, teaching materials, and background information on the topic of plastic waste in the ocean for different school levels.

BMUV
Website
Schäumende Ostsee bei Strum im Hintergrund Blick auf das histrorische Hotel Fürstenhof in Sassnitz. Bild von Peggychoucair auf Pixabay
Bild von Peggychoucair auf Pixabay.
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Climate change - understanding and acting

The educational programme of the Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich (LMU) deals with the causes and consequences of climate change using various teaching materials.

LMU Munich

The federal government and the governments of the five northern German states support the current development and sponsor the DAM

Topics at a Glance

Biodiversity

Climate Change

Ocean Use

Pollution

Management

Research