NOAA
Noaa: Estuary Education: Lionfish: Estuary Invaders?
Invasive species can disrupt an environment. Lionfish, native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans, are showing up off the East Coast of the United States. What problems will these Estuary Invaders bring? [9:14]
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Noaa: Estuary Education: Phytoplankton
Young students learn about plankton (in particular phytoplankton) and why it is vital to life on this planet. [9:59]
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Noaa: Estuary Education: Read the Beach (Sand Signs)
A scientist teaches students how to gather evidence and make scientific inferences about the beach just by looking at the sand. [9:23]
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Noaa: Estuary Education: Read the Beach (Sand Science)
Geologist Dr. Jeff Warren shows how the beach is built and performs a "fizzy" experiment with beach sand to show evidence of its physical and chemical composition. [8:14]
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Noaa: Estuary Education: Estuary Basics (Marsh Plants)
Meet scientist Saundra Upchurch of the Ace Basin Reserve and learn about the marsh plants of South Carolina's "Low Country." [9:43]
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Noaa: Estuary Education: Score for Oysters
Score one for oysters. Meet two marine ecosystem experts and learn how oyster shells can be recycled to make a new habitat for young oysters. [8:12]
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Noaa: Estuary Education: Turtle Trails
All species of sea turtles are threatened or endangered. Learn how scientists are studying these animals using high tech equipment. [9:19]
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Noaa: Estuary Education: Turtle Hospital
All species of sea turtles are threatened or endangered. Meet a scientist who works with sick or injured sea turtles and find out what happens in a turtle hospital. [9:08]
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Noaa: Estuary Education: The Nerrs System Wide Monitoring Program
Learn about the SWMP Program (System Wide Monitoring Program) and see how high-tech underwater equipment helps keep track of conditions in the estuary at all times. [8:25]
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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: 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: 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]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Case Study: Teaching in a Flex Model at Summit Public Schools
A video [7:56] demonstrating a flexible education model as it was implemented at Summit Public Schools. Interviews with administrators, teachers, and students give a better understanding of the benefits of this model.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Khan Academy's Discovery Lab
We ran a hands-on, project-based learning summer program. Check out the highlights! [4:51]
NOAA
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]
Eduardo Teixeira
Inquiry Based Learning
Explains what inquiry-based learning is, how it begins with a question, develops into a hypothesis, then an experimental design which explores the question. Students collect and record data, which they critically analyze, and draw a...