Noaa: Estuary Education: Turtle Tales

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...

Follow this group of students through their scavenger hunt in the estuary. Take a look at the living and nonliving things that make this ecosystem a special place. [9:38]

Students quickly run down the major aspects of what makes an estuary, watershed, habitat, and food web. [1:45]

Invasive plants and animals can damage the estuary. Students learn about invasive plants and get hands-on experience getting rid of them, plus they get tips on other ways to restore and protect our important estuaries.

Students learn about the feeding relationships in an estuary ecosystem with this interactive energy pyramid activity. A second activity involves research and a video clip to elaborate the learning.

A complete learning module where students watch an introductory video, take an estuary quiz, learn about landforms related to the environment, and use maps and real-time data to study estuary ecosystems in the United States.

Students use an interactive map to compare environmental conditions in different estuaries around the National Estuarine Research Reserve System. A second activity allows students to use the Graphing Tool to find, select, and graph data...

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.

In this interactive learning module, students discover the effects of the changing tides on the life and health of an estuary ecosystem.

Learn about different species of birds that make the estuary their home, and why the estuary is an important stopover for others. Includes teacher and student materials for download.