Games and Activities

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Games, coloring pages, and fun activities to help you learn about the national marine sanctuaries.


Sanctuary Sam & Games

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Meet Sanctuary Sam

Sanctuary Sam is a California sea lion. He is four feet seven inches tall and more than seven feet long! Sanctuary Sam weighs 550 pounds. He does a lot of swimming and he eats herring, capelin, squid, sardines and mackerel. Watch videos, play games and see where Sam is going to be and has been.

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Games @ NOAA

This arcade is a portal to games and interactive activities focused on ocean and air themes. It highlights the science and the activities of the National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and other agencies and organizations promoting environmental stewardship.

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Stellwagen Bank Quiz

Learn about the deep boulder reefs and whale populations off the coast of Boston in Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary.


Coloring Pages and Puzzles

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Laumei Sami - Sea Turtles

A coloring book in English and Samoan.

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Sea Turtles

A coloring book in Japanese and English.

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Pacific Coral Reef Coloring Book

A coloring book in English, Samoan and Hawaiian languages.

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Puzzles and More

Activities from the Pacific Reef Coloring Book.

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The Kohola and the Kolea

A coloring book in Hawaiian and English about the whale and plover.

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Color a Reef Scene

A scene filled critters underwater in the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuar

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Why is Hawai'i's Ocean Important? A Keiki Activity Book

A scene filled critters underwater in the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuar

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Humpback Whale Activity Book

This activity book teaches basic information about humpback whale behavior and biology.

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Interactive Map of Channel Islands

An interactive map showing photos and videos of marine reserves in the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuaries.

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Ocean Travelers

Taking a boat out to the open ocean is the best way to experience life at sea. The next best way is to use your mouse! This online, interactive poster of Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary allows you to roll over an ocean traveler (seabird) to learn about its life at sea.

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Tour the USS Monitor

The Monitor National Marine Sanctuary protects the wreck of the famed Civil War ironclad USS Monitor. Explore the Monitor as it exists today through this interactive map.

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Keiki (children) Color Sheets from Papahanaumokuakea

Drawings of coral reefs that you can print out and color. All coloring pages illustrated by Katherine Orr from a Pacific Reef Coloring Book.