Curated OER
Adaptation and Diversity on Sheffield Island
Written for an exploration of shoreline ecosystems on Sheffield Island, this gives ecology or marine biology buffs a hands-on experience. Using GPS or visual triangulation techniques, they lay transect lines on a high and a low energy...
Curated OER
Lake Anatomy
In this lake worksheet, students access a website to read about the anatomy of a lake. As they read, students take notes about the different parts of a lake on this worksheet.
Curated OER
Lake Word Search
In this lake activity, students search for 13 vocabulary words associated with a lake such as river, watershed, groundwater, erosion, and shoreline.
Curated OER
The Effect of Tides & Elevation on Wetland Plant Communities
Students comprehend how tides can impact shoreline plant communities through the study of a freshwater tidal marsh. They use actual tidal data to show that tidal ranges differ among geographic locations, even those relatively close...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Georgia Shore
Find out about the physical and geological characteristics unique to the Georgia Coast, in addition to the specific marine organisms found in the southern Atlantic Ocean. Also learn the history of the state's coast and sociological and...
The Wild Classroom
The Wild Classroom: Biomes of the World: Intertidal Zone
Learn about the intertidal ecosystem. Find out about plants, animals, adaptations, and conservation efforts.
Encyclopedia of Earth
Encyclopedia of Earth: Ocean Oil: Coastal Ecosystems
A collection of articles, video, and some teaching guides on issues related to coastal ecosystems. Includes environmental issues, e.g., oil spills, and different types of ecosystems, e.g., mangroves and coastal grasslands.
Untamed Science
Untamed Science: Biology: World Biomes: Intertidal Zone: Aquatic Biome
Learn about the flora and fauna of the intertidal aquatic zone and the characteristics that describe this aquatic biome through reading and watching video clips. [6:42]
US Environmental Protection Agency
Epa: Water Resources: Water Bodies
Learn about EPA's work to protect and manage water resources and what you can do to help.
Unite for Literacy
Unite for Literacy: Earth and Sky: By the Sea
Read about the different sights you can see along the seashore. Includes audio narration in English and Turkish with text in English.
American Institute of Biological Sciences
Action Bioscience: Beach Closings: Science Versus Public Perception
The media is relaying inaccurate information as to why an increasing number of beaches are being closed. Understand the scientific reasoning for the closures versus the political and economic motivated reasons.
PBS
Pbs: Sandy Coasts
In this interactive resource adapted from the National Park Service, learn about beaches, spits, and other sandy landforms that characterize some of America's coastal national parks.
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Habitat Network: Coastal
Learn about coastal habitats, and how to help support nesting shorebirds.
Nature Conservancy
Nature Conservancy: Planet Earth: Oceans and Coasts
Compilation of the Nature Conservancy's content about the ecology of oceans and coasts. Emphasis is on the biodiversity of these habitats and the human impact on the animal and plant life that live in our oceans and on our coasts.
Other
Kidfish: Our Lakes
A complete site that examines the geology of a lake, anatomy of a lake, seasons of a lake, and the life span of a lake.
University of Maryland
Coastal & Marine Environments: Transgressions & Regressions
These are lecture notes for a course in historical geology. They look at different types of coastlines where marine and terrestrial environments interact and the geological characteristics of each, followed by a discussion of...
Tech4Learning
Pics4 Learning: Images for Education: Lighthouses
Contains beautiful lighthouse photos to use as references. Teachers and students will find this resource helpful as a source of inspiration, or information. Although the photos only contain a small amount of text, any of these twenty-six...
Science Struck
Science Struck: Top 10 Countries With Longest Coastlines
Discusses the coastline paradox, which states that the length of a coastline is never a firm number, and describes the ten countries in the world with the longest coastlines.