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~ Estuaries: Where rivers meet the sea ~ |
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The Reserve's education sector strives to cultivate an awareness and knowledge of Narragansett Bay's natural resources, research projects, land stewardship practices, and the resources available to the public in recreation, education and volunteer programs. The education sector is staff by an education coordinator, a part-time education assistant, and two seasonal naturalists. |
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| A teacher workshop on Prudence Island |
Student learning about Narragansett Bay |
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| Education Sector Goals |
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| The goals of the education sector are to increase public awareness of Narragansett Bay's importance as an estuary, to work with our partners to improve public understanding of current estuarine research and natural resource stewardship projects, and to make estuarine data, education programs, activities, and curricula available to Rhode Island schools, colleges, and universities. |
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| Education Programs |
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| The education sector works with partners such as the Audubon Society of Rhode Island, RIDEM and Save the Bay to offer quality education programs. Examples of the Reserve's existing educational programs include presentations and displays at statewide public events, open houses, programs at the Estuary Ed Shed located on the Prudence Island T-Wharf , Prudence Island beach clean-ups, exhibits in the Reserve's Learning Center, summer science programs, Friday Fundays, and an exciting annual Prudence Island fishing tournament. |
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| Education Publications |
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The Narragansett Bay Research Reserve will be creating brochures, fliers, self guided hike booklets and more. As these items are created we will provide links to them here so they can be downloaded and viewed online or printed. Stay tuned for these resources. |
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| Click here to view new editions and archived copies of our newsletter. |
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| For Visitors |
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Check out the Reserve's Calendar of Events for more information on up-coming programs offered by our education sector. To learn more about getting out to Prudence Island and visiting the Learning Center and Estuary Ed Shed click here. |
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| For Teachers |
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| Education programs at the Reserve focus on our local estuary; Narragansett Bay. |
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| There are many incredible estuarine education resources available on-line. For those wanting to learn more about estuaries, here are links to a few of our favorites: |
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NOAA's National Ocean Service - Estuaries |
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| Estuaries.gov - Estuaries: Where Rivers Meet the Sea |
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| EPA - National Estuary Program - About Estuaries |
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Discovery of Estuarine Environments - URI, EPA, Narragansett Bay Commission |
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| National Estuaries Day |
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| The last Saturday in September is National Estuaries Day -- an interagency celebration of the amazing places where rivers meet the sea. Click here to find out more about National Estuaries Day and events going on around the country. This year National Estuaries Day is September 29, 2007 |
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| EstuaryLive! |
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EstuaryLive is part of the National Estuaries Day celebration. Free, live Internet field trips are offered to different estuaries around the country. Designed as interactive field trips for classrooms, this program can be viewed by anyone, anywhere in the US! Join a field trip and teach by experiencing the nation's coasts – without ever leaving your school. You can also watch archived EstuaryLive field trips. Click here to learn more about EstuaryLive. |
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For issues related to the Education Sector and Programs: |
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kristin@nbnerr.org |
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For issues related to the Coastal Training Program: |
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jennifer@nbnerr.org |
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