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Curated OER

Extremophiles- Non-Fiction Reading Comprehension

For Students 4th - 5th
In this extremophiles non-fiction reading instructional activity, students read a two page selection that describes the organisms known as extremophiles. They answer 10 questions based on the selection which include true or false, short...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Go Fish!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students are introduced to the culture of the Kumeyaay. Using their text, they discover how they used their native flora and fauna in San Diego. They participate in a matching game and examine the types of organisms who make their home...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

UMNH: The Fremont People

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore the Fremont people and then make their own Fremont-Style pottery.
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Curated OER

Social Studies: The Fremont People

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Learners examine the culture of the Fremont people prior to creating their own copies of their pottery. With teacher-supplied clay, students follow instruction sheets to make their own replicas based on the Fremont pottery designs.
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Website
Tramline

Tramline: Salt Marshes Field Trip

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Travel with your students on a virtual field trip to learn about saltwater marshes!
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Handout
Other

Florida Department of Environmental Protection: Salt Marshes

For Students 9th - 10th
This source is an excellent overview of salt marshes in Florida and the need to preserve them.
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Environmental Reconnaissance of a Salt Marsh

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A field and computer laboratory exercise that introduces students to using Google Earth, GPS, aerial imagery, and an online illustrated vegetation and tidal marsh environment identification guide. Students are challenged to distinguish...
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Handout
Other

Suny Stony Brook: Spartina Salt Marsh Ecology

For Students 9th - 10th
Good illustrated introduction to Spartina salt marsh ecology. Focus on the grasses and their interactions with each other and the animals that inhabit the marsh.
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Handout
Other

Cartage: Salt Marsh Habitats

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides a thorough examination of salt marshes and the grasses, plant species, and animal species that inhabit these areas.
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Handout
Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: Salt Marsh Harvest Mouse

For Students 4th - 8th
Salt-marsh Harvest Mice have a very limited range, they live only in San Francisco Bay's tidal marshes and diked salt marshes and they have very specific habitat requirements. They need dense cover. Learn more about the Reithrodontomys...
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Unit Plan
NOAA

Noaa: Estuaries 101 Curriculum: Migrating Mangroves and Marshes

For Students 6th - 8th
Become a mangrove expert. Use this module to learn how to identify species of mangroves found in Florida, and find out why these plants are important in the estuary.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Georgia Habitats

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart provides an overview of the habitats of Georgia - salt marsh, ocean, and deciduous forest.
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Unit Plan
NOAA

Noaa: Estuaries 101 Curriculum: Observing Estuaries:

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students investigate landforms and features associated with estuaries by taking a journey down a river to an estuary system where the river empties into the Gulf of Mexico near Weeks Bay. They will use Google Maps and other resources to...
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Website
Other

Tijuana Estuary Visitor Center

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Tijuana Estuary Visitor Center has information on the visitor center and the Tijuana Estuary.
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Handout
Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: Vagrant Shrew

For Students 4th - 8th
Vagrant Shrews live in moist habitats throughout their range. They are common in lakeside or streamside communities of sedges, grasses, and willows, and in coastal salt marshes. Learn more about the Sorex vagrans, more commonly known as...
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Interactive
PBS

Pbs Kids: Water Safari

For Students 1st - 5th
Students are challenged to search for and find plants and animals that live in a mangrove forest.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Biology: Freshwater and Wetlands Biomes

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Covers freshwater biomes and wetlands.
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Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: Nhmu: Cultural Clutter Tales in the Trash

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders list three or more types of evidence of prehistoric cultures that encouraged archaeologists to investigate the marshes around the Great Salt Lake.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Early Latium, 338 b.c.

For Students 9th - 10th
A map showing early Latium, and the site of Rome. This map shows the territories of the Etruscans to the north of the River Tiber, and Latins to the south, the cities of Veii, Tibur (Tivoli) and Tusculum, mountains, rivers, salt marshes,...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Coast of New Jersey,

For Students 9th - 10th
The coast of New Jersey, showing the sand reef, salt marsh, and coastal plain upland.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Soils of Long Island, 1911

For Students 9th - 10th
A soil map from 1911 showing the four broad soil types of Long Island, keyed to show areas of stony loams and gravel, coarse sandy loams and gravel, sand (Norfolk), and sandy loams with beach sands or salt marsh.

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