Narragansett Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve

A State-Federal Partnership Program

>> Teachers on the Estuary - Links

Workshop Links

1) Estuaries.gov - http://estuaries.noaa.gov/

2) Estuaries 101 Curriculum - http://estuaries.noaa.gov/Teachers/Home.aspx

- Earth Science Module - Activity 2 KMZ file for Google Earth (York River)

- Earth Science Module - Activity 3 KMZ file for Google Earth (SF Bay)

- Physical Science Module - Activity 2 KMZ file for Google Earth (Narr Bay)

3) 2009 TOTE Wiki - http://toteteach.pbworks.com

2009 TOTE Google Group - http://groups.google.com/group/narr-bay-tote-2009

2010 TOTE Google Group - http://groups.google.com/group/narr-bay-tote-2010

2011 TOTE please sign-up here - http://five.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/tote2011

4) SWMP Tutorial (from Estuaries.gov) - http://estuaries.noaa.gov/ScienceData/Default.aspx?ID=156

5) NERRS Centralized Data Management Office - http://www.nerrsdata.org

6) NOAA National Data Buoy Center - http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/

7) NOAA Tides Online - http://tidesonline.nos.noaa.gov/

8) Data in the Classroom - www.dataintheclassroom.org

9) Chesapeake Bay Operational Forecast System (CBOFS) - http://www.tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/ofs/cbofs/wl_nowcast.shtml

10) York River Tidal Visualization (requires QuickTime) - www.vims.edu/physical/web/presnt/qtime/Kimplot3.mov

11) Virginia Estuarine & Coastal Observing System - http://www3.vims.edu/vecos/Default.aspx

Software Links

12) Flash Player - http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/

13) QuickTime Player - http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/

Resources Links

14) NBNERR Eelgrass Report - http://nbnerr.org/Content/2007eelgrass_Report.pdf

15) 2009 Earth Science Week Toolkit - http://www.earthsciweek.org/materials/

16) Climate Resources for Educators - http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/education/pd/climate/welcome.html

17) Oceans Role in Weather and Climate - http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/education/pd/oceans_weather_climate/welcome.html

18) Living in Weather - http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/education/pd/living_weather/welcome.html

19) Climate Change: Wildlife and Wildlands Toolkit - http://globalchange.gov/resources/educators/toolkit

20) Real-time data, curricula, galleries, and live events online - http://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/

21) Tutorials, activities, lesson plans, resource lists, case studies on ocean, coastal and climate sciences - http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/education/welcome.html

22) Remote Sensing and Coral Reefs curriculum - http://coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/satellite/education/reef_remote_sensing.html

23) Ocean Age Careers - http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/edu/oceanage/

24) Ocean Exploration curriculum and lesson plans: http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/explorations.html

25) Educational games and simulations - http://games.noaa.gov

26) NERRS Response to April 2010 Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill

TOTE Lesson and Stewardship Plans

2009 TOTE Lesson Plans Summary (PDF 88K)

2009 TOTE Stewardship Plans Summary (PDF 176K)

2010 TOTE Lesson Plans Summary (PDF)

2010 TOTE Stewardship Plans Summary (PDF)

To order copies of the student worksheets:

Jeannine Montgomery -Outreach Specialist - jeannine.montgomery (at) noaa.gov

Contact Education Coordinator, maureen (at) nberr.org or 401-683-1478 with any questions.