With the emergence of the Argo scientific program, an educational activity started in the Pacific Islands under the umbrella of SEREAD (Scientific Educational Resources and Experience Associated with the Deployment of Argo profiling floats in the South Pacific Ocean). This was the first (still on-going) initiative that took advantage on data acquired by floats as a way to develop ocean literacy in a context of climate change.
Around the same period, a primary teacher from New Zealand, started to include Argo floats in her teaching experience. She developed a first educational website dedicated to the understanding of many Argo aspects, and she continues to include hand-on experiments and provide multiple video support.

In 2011, the adopt a float program was founded in France at the marine station of Villefranche-sur-Mer. The scientific staff of this marine station is deeply involved in the international efforts of the global Argo network and the development of Argo profiling floats with biogeochemical sensors (BGC-Argo). And, by working together with the science outreach and education staff, the common commitment to foster Ocean Literacy resulted.

The adopt a float program aims to share ocean sciences and puts a strong focus on connecting ocean scientists with the school environments. Using the scientific journey of a BGC-Argo float allows pluri-disciplinary approaches within each classroom and opens multifaceted ways to speak about the ocean.

Since its beginning, classes from all over the world (Metropolitan France, French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Europe, USA, South Africa, United Arab Emirates…) already joined the program! Today, the adopt a float team guides the more and more classes from kindergarten to high school through their scientific adventure each school year, and continues its efforts under the missions of “United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030)“.