Curated OER
Salt Water Revival
Students produce a high tide. In this Marine Biology activity, students visit a tide pool to investigate the creatures response to changes in the tide. Students discuss the results of their experimentation.
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Marine Fisheries Management
Almost 200 slides make this a vast collection! It is a quirky collection, titled "Marine Fisheries Management," but having little to do with that occupation. What you will find are two-toned blue backgrounds with no pictures, but a few...
Curated OER
Oystercatcher Maze
In this mazes worksheet, students determine the best strategy to assist an oyster catcher in finding an oyster through an interesting maze.
Curated OER
Oysters: Impacts on Bay and Economy
Middle schoolers are able to understand the history and economic impact of the oyster, as well as its function in the St. Mary's River Ecosystem. They are provided live specimen for each student to investigate and touch. Students are...
Curated OER
Water Quality and the St. Mary¿¿¿s River Project Monitoring
Students list different parameters of water and explain how each is important to the balance of the St. Mary ecosystem. They identify the different instruments and explain what they test.
Language Guide
Language Guide: Los Animales Del Mar (Spanish)
This resource provides colorful pictures of sea animals interact with audio and the written vocabulary word as you move your mouse over the picture. This vocabulary would compliment a science unit on marine life.
Other
Mollusca
A general description of mollusca and some discussion of those found in the waters of Great Britain.
Other
Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum
This great site offers information about the Chesapeake Bay, its history, people and it's stories. "Tour" the museum to find interesting information.
NOAA
Noaa: Estuaries 101 Curriculum: The Great Oyster Mystery
Like a canary in a coal mine, oyster health and oyster abundance can tell us about changing conditions in an estuary.
PBS
Pbs: What's Killing the Oysters?
A special report provided for by PBS on what's killing the oysters of Ago Bay in Japan.
Other
North Carolina Dept of Environment & Natural Resources: Cool Kids: Shellfish
Find information on shellfish rehabilitation and other bivalves like clams, oysters, and scallops. One of the most interesting pages is the stock status that indicates how fish populations are surviving in fisheries in North Carolina.
A-Z Animals
A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Oyster (Ostreidae)
Provides photographs and a fact card about the oyster. Discusses where they are found, physical characteristics, the four groups of oysters, how they filter water for food using their gills, predators, reproduction, and the impact of...
Jewelry Central
Jewelry Central: Pearls
This commercial site gives general information on pearls, including their physical properties and where they are found.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: 9.9 Importance of Mollusks
Understand the behaviors, characteristics, and classification of mollusks.
PBS
Newton's Apple: Black Pearls
A lab activity to illicit discussion/understanding of the way in which mollusks produce an economic product.