NOAA
Noaa: Ocean Facts on Coastal Development
Resource provides facts on Coastal Development as well as how it affects you.
National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, University of California Santa Barbara
Nceas: Kids Do Ecology: Freshwater Wetlands
Find out about the plants, animals, people, and location of freshwater wetland ecosystems.
PBS
Nh Pbs: Nature Works: Northern Pintail
This site explores the world of the Northern Pintail. Students and teachers will learn about this species' behavior, characteristics, life cycle, diet, habitat and range through this informative source.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Jason: Nutria and the Disappearing Marsh
Disappearing Wetlands: Nutria are rodents associated with the loss of marshes in Louisiana's wetlands through a process known as eat out. This activity examines changes in the nutria population, vegetation density, and marsh area over time.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Jason: Sediment Deposition Let the River Run
Disappearing Wetlands: Examine changes in sediment deposition at locations along the Mississippi River using data collected at two stations by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Jason: Mixing Soil and Water Let's Settle This?
Disappearing Wetlands: Investigate how particles settle by measuring the amount of light passing through the water as particles settle. Make connections to the process by which sediment settles out of the Mississippi River to form...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Jason: Potential and Kinetic Energy a River Study
Disappearing Wetlands: Simulate sediment reintroduction channels using a ramp at two slopes. They will then find the kinetic energy of the ball at different times as it rolls down the ramp.
US Environmental Protection Agency
Epa: Learn the Issues: Learn About Land and Cleanup
This site provides real-world issues as well as the scientific research and technology used to support the EPA's mission to protect human health and safeguard the natural environment.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Exploring Characteristics of Wetlands
Students will use the RSIS maps to identify a wetland site for an environmental club. They use different criteria in selecting their sites, as well as determining what information is important to them when creating and comparing reports...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Michigan Environmental Education Curriculum Module Index
Series of self-guided tutorials covers the topics of water quality, ecosystems, biodiversity, and energy sources including a summary of important concepts as well as a glossary.
Missouri Botanical Garden
Missouri Botanical Garden: Freshwater Ecosystems
At this site from the Missouri Botanical Garden, you can learn about the wide variety of plant and animal life in or around fresh water ecosystems. Click on the links to "wetlands," "Ponds and Lakes," or "Rivers and Streams" to view...
Missouri Botanical Garden
Missouri Botanical Garden: Fresh Water Wetlands
What are fresh water wetlands? What creatures live in a wetland? Are wetlands in danger? Find out at this informative site. Use the toolbar at the left to navigate through the site.
Ohio State University
Ohio State University: General Plant Biology: Biomes and Agriculture
An introduction to biomes and how agriculture is considered in studying large ecosystems of the world. Text is well written and easy to follow with links, charts, and pictures.
Other
Alberta Riparian Habitat Management: Protecting Shorelines & Streambanks [Pdf]
Protecting Shorelines & Streambanks - Naturally explains the critical importance of healthy shorelines for preventing soil erosion and filtering out pollutants. It looks specifically at riparian areas, such as those in Alberta, which...
Other
Alberta Riparian Habitat Management Society: Value of Wetlands [Pdf]
The different kinds of wetlands and the many benefits they offer are outlined in this fact sheet. Wetlands preserve the quality of our water and irrigate neighbouring agricultural areas. The importance of preserving these ecosystems is...
Other
Alberta Riparian Habitat Management Society: Lakes and Wetlands [Pdf]
Alberta has different kinds of wetlands, which each offer benefits to the surrounding environments, such as good water quality, increased biodiversity and lake shoreline stabilization, for example. This fact sheet explains their importance.
Other
Alberta Riparian Habitat Mgt Society: Biodiversity and Riparian Areas [Pdf]
Healthy riparian areas have much higher levels of biodiversity than other types of ecosystems, as explained in this fact sheet. Unfortunately, this also attracts more people, which can contribute to degradation of the ecosystem if the...
Other
Freshwater Ecology
This is a comprehensive and detailed site providing information on aquatic macroinvertebrates. The emphasis is on biomonitoring of water quality through quantitative assessment of numbers and types of small aquatic organisms.
Other
Alberta Environment: Focus on Wetlands [Pdf]
This article is a good basic introduction to wetlands and their importance in preserving the quality of the water supply, not to mention the diversity of life forms they shelter. It describes some of the efforts being made in Alberta to...
US Geological Survey
Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation: Why Worry About Wetland?
Help young scholars understand the functions and values of wetlands through these multiple intelligences learning activities. The site also includes information about the wetland habitats, commercial values, water quality, and erosion...
US Fish and Wildlife Service
U.s. Fish and Wildlife Service: Wetlands, Marshes, Tracks in the Mud
This resource presents information about wetland ecosystems and the importance of habitat conservation in this resource and then try an interactive activity to identify tracks of wetland animals.
Exploring Nature
Exploring Nature Educational Resource: Wetlands of the World
A set of illustrated fact pages and activity sheets on different wetlands ecosystems, e.g. the Florida Everglades and Chesapeake Bay.
US Environmental Protection Agency
Epa: Surf Your Watershed
This resource provides information on watersheds, maps, activities, and links to local watershed information.
World Wildlife Fund for Nature
Wwf: Our Earth: Ecoregions: Habitats: Freshwater Wetlands
An introduction and overview of freshwater wetland habitats.