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US Department of Agriculture
Helping Farmers Prevent Runoff And Erosion
An innovative USDA initiative along the Gulf of Mexico is helping farmers in Mississippi's coastal counties prevent sediment and nutrients from washing into nearby waterways that drain into the Gulf.
National Parks Service
Yosemite Nature Notes 7: Tuolumne River
Explore the Tuolumne River from its glacial headwaters at 13,000 feet down through Tuolumne Meadows and into the Grand Canyon of the Tuolumne. Scientists and rangers describe the power this river has on the landscape and on the people...
US Department of Agriculture
A Little Story about Land Stewardship
NRCS worked with Twin Brook Creamery near Lynden, WA to install steel tanks as an alternative to earthen lagoons, eliminating the potential for seepage into groundwater.
National Parks Service
Acadia National Park - Floating Classroom: Tarp Demonstration
These videos compliment the variety of water quality programs that occur in Acadia National Park. For teachers looking for good background information on water quality or those looking to attend the Floating Classroom field trip, this...
Weatherthings
Water Smart: Water as a Natural Resource - Summary
In Water as a Natural Resource we are introduced to words such as habitat, ecosystem, watershed and estuary. Not only do kids learn that water exists everywhere on Earth, but that it is vital for life in plants, animals, and all other...
Visual Learning Systems
Exploring Freshwater Biomes: Rivers and Streams
Upon viewing the Exploring Freshwater Biomes video series, students will be able to do the following: List some of the ways fresh water is used in daily life. Understand how and why fresh water is so important to the lives of humans and...
Weatherthings
Water Smart: Water as a Natural Resource - Ecosystems
In Water as a Natural Resource we are introduced to words such as habitat, ecosystem, watershed and estuary. Not only do kids learn that water exists everywhere on Earth, but that it is vital for life in plants, animals, and all other...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Farm Solutions to Water Pollution
In this video from Common Ground and Cleaner Water, Tribby Vice, a Kentucky farmer, talks about the changes he has made on his farm to protect the water quality of the stream running through his property and the watershed in which he...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Liquid Assets: How Is a Watershed Polluted?
The urban and rural activities of our complex social system aimed toward comfort and progress also have harmful side effects. This segment from a WPSU documentary Liquid Assets describes how the water resources of one city are suffering...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Liquid Assets: Watershed Protection
Water is a resource precious to so many people for so many reasons. Reckless use and abuse of this treasure can leave all at the mercy of diseases and scarcity. This segment of a WPSU documentary Liquid Assets describes how the rule of...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Liquid Assets: What Is a Watershed?
A watershed and its features are very important parts of a region's water supply system. It can also be a powerful predictor of the quality of life in this region. This segment of a WPSU documentary Liquid Assets describes how a...
NOAA
Noaa: Estuary Education: Urban Estuaries: Water Quality Testing
Students measure water quality in the NY-NJ Estuary using simple tools. Scientists explain the importance of good water quality and talk about what causes water quality declines. [5:44]
NOAA
Noaa: Estuary Education: Watershed Demo
A quick, by necessity, discussion of watersheds with a great demo using a very good watershed model (Enviroscape) plus a couple of student tips. [10:04]
NOAA
Noaa: Estuary Education: China Camp State Park
California's China Camp State Park is an important environmental and historic site which has a natural watershed along the shores of San Francisco Bay. Features in the estuary include an extensive intertidal salt marsh, meadow, and oak...
NOAA
Noaa: Estuary Education: Wetlands: A Cautionary Tale
High School students perform a short skit describing the fragile nature of estuaries, while others demonstrate the value of wetlands using a water table. [3:10]
NOAA
Noaa: Estuary Education: Combined Sewer Overflow
A quick overview of how a combined sewer overflow system works, and why heavy rains can be bad for estuaries. [1:42]
NOAA
Noaa: Estuary Education: Estuaries: Defining Our Terms
Students quickly run down the major aspects of what makes an estuary, watershed, habitat, and food web. [1:45]
NOAA
Noaa: Estuary Education: Watersheds of Galveston Bay
Meet a soil conservationist known as the Dirt Doctor, and learn about the function of the watersheds of the Galveston Bay. [7:23]
NOAA
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]
NOAA
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,...
NOAA
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]
NOAA
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]