ESTUARY LIVE!!


Great Links

EPA's Estuaries Site                                  
Bill Lovin's Estuary Live Site                                          

Links to Educator Resources

The Dauphin Island Sea Lab - K-12 Teacher Education Resources
http://dhp.disl.org/resources.html

NOAA Hurricane Preparedness Storm Surge Demonstration
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/HAW2/english/storm_surge.shtml

Hurricane Science and Safety for Students
http://meted.ucar.edu/hurrican/strike/

FEMA for Kids - Resources for Parents and Teachers
http://www.fema.gov/kids/teacher.htm#curriculum

SC Sea Grant Consortium - Coastal Heritage High School Curriculum Connection
http://www.scseagrant.org/education/education_ch_high_sum02.htm

Wild_Lab.Com Louisiana Wetlands Curriculum Grades 5 - 7 (pdf)
http://www.wild-lab.com/courses/wildlab/support/Wildlab_Wetlands5-
7Curriculum_TeachersGuide.pdf


USGS Biological Resources The Fragile Fringe Wetlands Resources
http://www.nwrc.usgs.gov/fringe/ff_index.html

EPA Wetlands - More Than Just A Swamp
http://www.epa.gov/owow/wetlands/education/puzzle.html

Weather Eye Channel 2KGAN - How to Handle A Hurricane Grades 7 - 12
http://weathereye.kgan.com/lounge/plans/hurricane.html

EPA World in Our Backyard - Wetlands
http://www.epa.gov/region01/students/teacher/world.html


US Geological Survey

http://www.usgs.gov/

http://www.wef.org/education/
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/11/g912/tgestuaries.html
http://www.onr.navy.mil/focus/ocean/habitats/estuaries1.htm
http://coastgis.marsci.uga.edu/summit/k12lessonplan1.htm
http://www.cln.org/themes/wetlands.html
http://www.lessonplanet.com/search/Science/Environment/Ecology/Estuaries
http://www.vims.edu/bridge/lesson.html

http://www.southalabama.edu/archaeology/educators_page.htm

Links to 2004 Partners

University of South Alabama Earth Sciences 
University of South Alabama Student Meteorology  
Weeks Bay Reserve Foundation


2005 Local Curriculum -

    Water Source Book - Effects of Lost Salt Marshes
    Water Source Book Glossary - Grades 6 - 8

    Fun with Hurricane Ivan Word Find

    What Are Wetlands?  Crossword Puzzle - Grade 5

2004 Local Curriculum - Download Now

     pH Potential - Sample local soils and test them with your students.  Connect soil
                          type with different types of vegetation.  Predict what you might find in
                          a pitcher plant bog.

     Carniverous Plants:  A Bug's Nightmare! - Student's can research bug eating
                         carniverous plants as well as make their own scientific observations.

     Great Sediment Settlement Race:  As seen on the Weeks Bay Estuary Live
                         segment.  Students will learn how different size sediments settle in
                         water and the role turbidity may play in the environment.
                         Activity Description
                       
 Student Worksheet
                        
Word Find


 

 
 

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