The Southeast Coastal Ocean Observing Regional Association (SECOORA) provides several resources for educators and students, including videos of interviews with scientists, posters, activities, glossaries, virtual models, surveys, links to outside web resources, a hurricane tracking chart, a matching game, PowerPoint presentations, class materials, real time data, a teacher workshop, a research cruise, lesson plans, and more.

About SECOORA

SECOORA is designed and operated to provide data, information and products on marine and estuarine systems. Information is provided to users in a common manner and according to sound scientific practice. SECOORA will include the infrastructure and expertise required for this system.

The purpose of SECOORA is to:

• represent the interests of those that use, depend on, study, and manage coastal environments and their resources in the southeast region;
• be a legal entity that provides a fiscal agent with final responsibility for acceptance and expenditure of funds according to the rules of grantors of the funds, insurability, and the ability to enter into enforceable contracts;
• represent a partnership or consortium of data providers and users from state and federal agencies, private industry, non-governmental institutions and academia;
• provide a means by which the Regional Association and the public at large benefit from and contribute to the development and sustained operation of an integrated ocean observing system for the open ocean (to the EEZ boundary) and the regional estuaries;
• ensure continued and routine flow of data and information and the evolution of SECOORA to adapt to the needs of the user groups and the timely incorporation of new technologies and understanding based on these needs.

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