Curated OER
Oyster Gardens - No Soil Required!
Explore the practice of oyster gardening. Because oysters play a vital role in marine ecosystems and their populations have declined, biologists are transplanting oyster seed to repopulate reefs. After learning about this practice,...
Curated OER
Little Oyster: Ceramic Lesson
Children will love researching and then creating a bottom dwelling mollusk of their own. They watch clips describing the ocean ecosystem and how oysters fit into their environment. Next, they research what oysters eat and how they look....
Curated OER
Black Pearls
Students examine where pearls come from and where mollusks are found. They discover how pearls are formed in nature and how they are they made by humans. They use ordinary oyster shells to examine mother of pearl.
Other
Mollusca
A general description of mollusca and some discussion of those found in the waters of Great Britain.
Other
Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum
This great site offers information about the Chesapeake Bay, its history, people and it's stories. "Tour" the museum to find interesting information.
NOAA
Noaa: Estuaries 101 Curriculum: The Great Oyster Mystery
Like a canary in a coal mine, oyster health and oyster abundance can tell us about changing conditions in an estuary.
Careers New Zealand
Kiwi Careers: Marine Farm Supervisor
Description of the career of marine farm supervisor, including nature of work, outlook and earnings (in New Zealand), training and working conditions. Includes profile of a working manager of an off-shore seafood farm.
NOAA
Noaa: Estuaries 101 Curriculum: An Ode to the Oyster
In this lesson, find out about the life and vitality of oyster reefs in estuary ecosystems. Includes teacher and student materials for download.
Sheppard Software
Sheppard Software: Oysters
This site gives an in-depth description of an oyster, including its behavior, appearance, reproduction, and classification. The site includes photos and illustrations and an interactive quiz to test your understanding.
PBS
Pbs: What's Killing the Oysters?
A special report provided for by PBS on what's killing the oysters of Ago Bay in Japan.
Academy of American Poets
Poets.org: Anne Sexton
This site from the Academy of American Poets offers a biography of Anne Sexton, American poet. Includes a picture of her and links to people who influenced her.
A-Z Animals
A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Oyster (Ostreidae)
Provides photographs and a fact card about the oyster. Discusses where they are found, physical characteristics, the four groups of oysters, how they filter water for food using their gills, predators, reproduction, and the impact of...
Other
Sea and Sky: Mollusks
This illustrated article describes several different types of reef mollusks ranging form snails and clams to the chambered nautilus.
PBS
Nova Online: How Many Pearls? A Weight & Volume Game
This interactive game has students apply skills in estimation, measurement, and basic addition using pearls. Students are asked to estimate the number of pearls in a treasure chest by making predictions and using number sense. The skills...
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Pearl
This site from Wikipedia provides a general overview of the pearl, a hard, rounded secretion formed inside the shell of mollusks.
PBS
Newton's Apple: Black Pearls
A lab activity to illicit discussion/understanding of the way in which mollusks produce an economic product.
BiologyWise
Biology Wise: How Do Oysters Make Pearls?
Find out how oysters are able to produce pearls as well as how they can be cultured. Includes information about the commercial value of pearls, the variety, and how they are obtained.