This resource provides a middle school curriculum on the topic of estuaries. Includes a PDF (requires Adobe Reader).

The Estuaries 101 Middle School Curriculum is a multimedia curriculum focused on the theme "Estuaries & You." It includes a series of online activities for middle school students that highlight our nation's living laboratories, all...

Many people depend on the estuary to earn a living. Meet a Louisiana man who makes his living by harvesting crabs and shrimp, and is worried about the health of the estuary. Includes downloadable teacher guide and student materials.

Want to understand the ecosystem of the estuaries or learn how estuaries are formed? This site contains information about estuaries to help you answer the questions above and more. Learn about the types of estuaries, their ecological and...

Take a close-up look at the world of estuaries and discover what lives and grows there through videos, pictures, news, descriptions, and external links.

An article featuring the complexity of estuaries which highlight the value these systems have to human and wild life.

Explore saltwater ecosystems around Earth. Learn about oceans, estuaries, shores, and more.

Listing of various fact sheets created and published through the Long Island Sound Study. Topics include How Low Dissolved Oxygen Conditions Affect Marine Life in LI, Impact of Atmospheric Nitrogen Deposition on Long Island Sound, Sound...

Students are introduced to the various marine environments, their unique formations, origin and identifying characteristics.

For good information about marine flora, go to this site from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute. It provides details about different types of seaweeds and phytoplankton. It also contains a photo gallery.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Aquatic biomes can be generally classified based on the amount of salt in the water. Freshwater biomes have less than 1% salt and are typical of ponds and lakes,...

Learn about the anatomy and ecological relationships of the horseshoe crab.

In this resource, students can meet the modern-day watermen of the Chesapeake Bay region. Find out about their day-to-day struggles with living and working within the nation's largest estuary system.

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...

Explore the habitats found where the Everglades run into the sea. A wonderful resource for learning about a unique part of the world.

This site contains a wealth of information. You can click on shorelines, temperate oceans and tropical oceans. Each page contains links to even more information.

Learn facts about this important and diverse ecosystem in America's Pacific Northwest.

The University of California Museum of Paleontology hosts this site devoted to the study of the earth's biomes, which are the world's major communities, classified according to the predominant vegetation and adaptations of organisms to...

Learn about EPA's work to protect and manage water resources and what you can do to help.

An experiment to test what happens when ocean water hits a freshwater estuary. Each step is demonstrated with photographs and the difference between salinity and density is explained.

A virtual clam dissection with high-resolution images of an intact clam, inner surface of valve, overview of clam with left valve removed, and overview of clam with left mantle removed, and more. (Click on the Microbial Life link.)

Travel with your students on a virtual field trip to learn about saltwater marshes!

Discover the types of water biomes.

Describes twelve kinds of ecosystems.