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Noaa: Estuary Education: Drop by Drop to the Sea
Follow rain running off parking lots and roads in central North Carolina on a journey to the estuary hundreds of miles away. Good footage showing runoff from areas of development and beautiful estuary montage at the end. [7:30]
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Noaa: Estuary Education: Wisconsin's Freshwater Estuaries
Find out about Wisconsin's delicate freshwater estuary environments along Lake Superior. Includes ecosystems in the Apostle Islands in addition to the Flag, Cranberry, Bark, Sand, Rasberry, Lost Creek, Whittlesey Creek, Fish Creek,...
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Noaa: Estuary Education: Estuary Rap
Student rappers use humor and student interview clips to explain the importance of an estuary. [4:43]
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Noaa: Estuary Education: So What Is an Estuary, So Now You Know
Produced by the Association of National Estuary Programs as a fun explanation of what estuaries are and why they are important. [7:23]
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Noaa: Estuary Education: Weather Balloons
See how weather forecasting and weather research are conducted using weather balloons. Find out how these floating instruments work, and what scientific the data they send back to meteorologists. [4:44]
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Noaa: Estuary Education: Louisiana Levees
Interview with Windell Curole, Levee Manager, South Lafourche Parrish one year before Hurricane Katrina. He discusses living in and around the estuary, and how the levee system affects the water quality there. [7:06]
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Noaa: Estuary Education: Salinity Stratification Experiment
Learn a little about salinity differences in the estuary and watch a really cool but simple experiment to demonstrate salinity stratification. You can try this at home! [9:33]
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Noaa: Estuary Education: Estuary Restoration
A look at how and why the South Slough estuary has been changed by human use, and how we are now trying to rebuild or restore the estuary to original condition. Specialized techniques for restoration include use of high explosives. [7:48]
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Noaa: Estuary Education: Water Quality Specifics: Measuring Nitrogen
See how students use classroom tools to measure estuarine water quality. Students sample estuary water for nitrogen using the Colorimeter. [3:03]
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Noaa: Estuary Education: Water Quality Specifics: Using a Hydrometer
Learn how students can use classroom tools to measure estuarine water quality. Students sample ocean, estuary and tap water for salinity using the Hydrometer. [5:09]
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Noaa: Estuary Education: Urban Estuaries: Human Changes
Often humans living in close contact with an estuary want to fix it. We learn about the changes humans made to the Duwamish Estuary in Seattle. and how many groups are seeking to reverse these changes. [9:55]
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Noaa: Estuary Education: Urban Estuaries: Toxic Legacy
Pollution in urban estuaries is a serious problem. Cleaning up this toxic legacy is a long-term and expensive proposition. [7:05]
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Noaa: Estuary Education: Turtle Tales
Meet a middle-school student who works to protect turtles found in the estuary. [3:16]
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Noaa: Estuary Education: Black Skimmers
Footage of Black Skimmers fishing on an estuarine creek in North Carolina. This clip shows, in slow motion, how the birds skim from the surface of the water to get their food. [1:03]
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Noaa: Estuary Education: Favorite Estuary Animals
Excited second graders describe their favorite estuary animals, and show off some artwork depicting the creatures. [2:32]
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Noaa: Estuary Education: Bulkheads Cause Problems for Horseshoe Crabs
Bulkheads, sea walls, and other hardened shoreline structures cause problems for animals like horseshoe crabs which crawl up on the shore to spawn. Middle school students perform a dramatic skit to show how these bulkheads can affect...
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Noaa: Estuary Education: Urban Estuaries: Salmon on the Decline
A short summary of why Pacific Salmon are declining. Learn about the effects of the four H's on the estuary: habitat, hydropower dams, hatcheries, and harvest. [1:46]
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Noaa: Estuary Education: Water Quality Specifics: Using a Colorimeter
Watch students use classroom tools to measure estuarine water quality. Students sample estuary water for salinity and dissolved oxygen using a low-end colorimeter. [2:21]
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Noaa: Estuary Education: More About the Marsh
A quick overview of the salt marsh and why this environment is an important ecosystem to a variety of marine life. [1:39]
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Noaa: Estuary Education: Estuary Restoration and Monitoring
See how an urban estuary suffering from land loss is restored using a unique high-tech method. Then, using digital camera technology, students are able to show the results of the restoration to determine the project's success. [2:25]
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Noaa: Estuary Education: Crabs of the Tillamook Estuary
Students learn about the variety of crabs found in the Tillamook Estuary including the most important commercial species, the Dungeness crab. [2:35]
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Noaa: Estuary Education: Tillamook Birds
Learn about birds that make the estuary their home, and why the estuary is an important stopover for others. Meet two pelicans saved by rescuers. [1:42]
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Noaa: Estuary Education: Salmon Underwater
Unique views of salmon in the estuary courtesy of acclaimed Oregon photographer Jose Curtis. No narration, just natural sound. [2:10]
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Noaa: Estuary Education: What Lives in the Bay?
A quick, simple look at some of the typical animals found in the estuary ecosystem of Waquoit Bay. [3:22]