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Find tips and other suggestions for using SWMP in your classroom
Instructions: How to download SWMP Data using the estuaries.noaa.Ggv Data Graphing Tool -
Tutorial 1: How to Access Data | Tutorial 2: How to Compare Data
Description: The SWMP Education Interface, available on estuaries.noaa.gov, is an educational application for the Internet that provides K-12 audiences with access to SWMP data. Use this tutorial to learn how to download SWMP data and generate your own graphs. You will need to download Flash Player to view the tutorial.
Grade Level: 5-8 and above |
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| Instructions: How to download SWMP Data using the Centralized Data Management Office (CDMO) website
Description: All System-wide Monitoring Program (SWMP) datasets are housed and served through the Reserve System's Centralized Data Management Office (CDMO), which provides quality assurance and quality control for the reserve system. The CDMO is also responsible for maintaining and updating the system's standard operating procedures so that all SWMP data are collected in the same way across the nation. Real-time, provisional, and authenticated monitoring data, complete with all associated metadata and data documentation, can be accessed through CDMO. Data documentation includes the designation of rejected, suspect, and corrected data and additional information about the data in the form of QAQC flags and codes embedded in the data files.
Audience: Designed primarily for scientists, but data savvy students and educators may also use it to access the SWMP dataset complete with all metadata
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Tutorial: Monitoring Estuarine Water Quality - Learn How to Use the "Get Data" Form
Description: The NODE Water Quality Curriculum Module, part of the NOAA Ocean Data Education (NODE) Project, includes a data graphing application that introduces students to water quality monitoring using real data. Students start by understanding how to access and interpret water quality data, and how to look for patterns and changes over time. Ultimately, they examine the impacts of physical water quality factors on species that live in a given environment, using the Atlantic sturgeon as an example. The lessons, in htis module, deal primarily with the following water quality parameters: water temperature, dissolved oxygen, and salinity. However, students can use the online tools to extend their investigations by examining other parameters as well. The goal is for students to experience different kinds of data and data accessing tools, so that, by the end of the module, they can continue to explore data sets driven by their own inquiry.
Grade Level: 5-8 and above
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| Tutorial: Learn About the SWMP Data and the Parameters Measured
Description: A series of animations and visualizations will make it fun and easier for you to understand why scientists monitor estuaries and what parameters they use to measure water quality and weather patterns in an estuary. You will need to download Flash Player to view the tutorial. Be patient, this is a large file and it might take a couple of minutes to download.
Grade Level: 6-12 and above |
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| Tutorial: Access to Mapping Data through CDMO
Description: The NERRS Google Earth Data express the Boundaries of the Reserves, the Watershed Boundaries and locations of the Research Monitoring Stations (and more) in the graphical environment of Google Earth. The Shapefile is a popular geospatial vector data format for Geographic Information Systems (GIS) that captures, stores, analyzes, manages and presents data that is linked to location. You must have Google Earth or another compatible Graphical Information System (GIS) program loaded on your machine to use the files available in this section.
Audience: Designed primarily for scientists, but data savvy students and educators may also use it to access these maps and use it in Google Earth
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| Tutorial: Using Google Earth to Explore Estuaries
Description: Google Earth is a virtual globe web site that lets people fly around Earth, zooming in for details or zooming out for a broad perspective. Google Earth uses satellite imagery, aerial photography and a 3D globe, putting the world's geographic information at your fingertips. Google Earth is a powerful tool for exploring your world. In your study of estuaries, it can be used to reveal the relationships among landforms, water features, towns, cities, and the habitats of the animals and plants that live in estuaries.
Grade Level: 9-12 |
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| Tutorial: Learn About Estuaries and NOAA's National Estuarine Research Reserve System
Description: This is an overview of estuarine habitats, the threats facing them, and efforts to monitor and protect estuaries nationwide. It includes photographs, videos, illustrations and interactive graphics to enhance the text and bring understanding to concepts that may be difficult to visualize.
Grade Level: 9-12 |
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Last Updated on: 06-06-2012
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