Inspiring people to learn about & protect our nation’s
estuaries
Who? NOAA's National Estuarine
Research Reserves (NERR) and the Alabama Department of Conservation and
Natural Resources are pleased to announce.
What? Estuaries
101 Middle School Curriculum, a new online multi-media
science curriculum for grades 5-8th
Why? This
curriculum provides interactive learning tools to teach fundamental concepts in
science and develop scientific thinking skills, while helping students discover
and virtually explore the nation's biologically rich estuaries.
Where? It is
available free on the estuaries.noaa.gov
site in easy to access teacher downloads.
When? Available
NOW!
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Don't miss
an opportunity to use this curriculum that engages students in real NERR research
and monitoring through interactive classroom activities and user-friendly real time water quality and weather data
exercises. Videos, simulations, teacher
activity downloads, and interactive maps
are all available to further help students visualize the inner workings of an
estuary.
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Learn
more.
· Background
information and a short video clip click
here.
· Teacher on the
Estuary training opportunities using this curriculum click
here.
Thank
you!
Atziri
Ibanez, Bree Murphy and all 28 Education Coordinators from NOAA's National
Estuarine Research Reserve System
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