Lesson Plan
Curated OER

A Salty Experiment

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Students study salty and fresh waters.  In this harbor estuary lesson students complete a lab activity on salinity and describe what happened. 
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Using SWMP Data

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars are introduced to the SWMP system which tracks short-and long-term changes in water. Using this data, they plot and interpret the data on a graph to determine how human activities are lowering the water quality. They also...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Coastal Development

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine how a coastal area changes after it has been developed. They discover the impact of development on the environment. They illustrate their own non-developed area and change it into a developed area.
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Other

Galveston Bay Estuary Program: Habitat Restoration and Preservation

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes the projects that have been undertaken in the Galveston Bay estuary region of Texas to restore and protect shoreline and wetlands habitats.
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Other

Us Epa: Buzzards Bay Project

For Students 9th - 10th
Home page of the Buzzards Bay Project National Estuary Program. Contains links to mission statement, events/updates, bay & basin info, references to documents related to the organization, links to related sites, legislation, and...
Activity
National Geographic

National Geographic: Programs: Chesapeake Bay Water Quality Project

For Students 9th - 10th
A project-based collaborative unit of study that teaches students about watershed health using real-time geospatial technology. Students engage in outdoor field experiences while using twenty-first century learning skills.
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Chesapeake Interactive Modeling Project

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Understand the basic characteristics of circulation in the Chesapeake Bay, by allowing students to change the wind speed and velocity, and the freshwater forcing through a number of subestuaries, and observe the resulting surface height,...
Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Can Water Float on Water?

For Students 6th - 8th
Of course it can, you say: ice is water and ice floats. And you're right. But we're talking about water in the liquid phase Can liquid water float on water? The goal of this project is to investigate what happens to layers of water with...
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Missouri Botanical Garden

Missouri Botanical Garden: Rivers and Streams

For Students 3rd - 8th
The Evergreen Project profiles the natural history of rivers and streams. Topics include watersheds, how a stream becomes a river, erosion, water pollution, and the like.