Estuary Education: New site, new url

Designed with Teachers in Mind

We're proud to announce the launch of our redesigned website at a new url: coast.noaa.gov/estuaries. The new Estuary Education site has been designed with, and for, teachers so they can easily find the information and tools they need to bring estuaries into the classroom.

Enhancements include:

Streamlined organization
Mobile-friendly design
Lesson and video filters
And much more!

Take a brief tour to see what's changed or go explore the new site.

Where is my content?

Estuaries 101, High School Curriculum, Lessons and Activities: coast.noaa.gov/estuaries/curriculum
About Estuaries, Resources: coast.noaa.gov/estuaries/estuary-resources
Video Gallery: coast.noaa.gov/estuaries/videos
Science and Data: coast.noaa.gov/estuaries/science-data

Please take a moment to update your bookmarks.

Before

Screenshot of previous version of Estuary Education website

After

Screenshot of newly redesigned version of Estuary Education website

What’s Changed?

We've streamlined site content to make it easier for you to find exactly what you’re looking for. With good ideas from our users, we organized the Estuary Education website into four core sections:

Curriculum Bring estuaries to your students through the Estuaries 101 and High School Curricula, estuary quiz and additional classroom resources.
Teachers on the Estuary Learn about our hands-on teacher training and view the calendar of upcoming workshops.
Science and Data Explore tools, terminology, and real-life scenarios using the System-wide Monitoring Program's data graphing tool.
Estuary Resources Find basic information, estuary resources, information about volunteering, and our video gallery.

Category and keyword filtering has been added to our Curriculum and Video sections so that you can identify the most appropriate activities for your classroom.

Lessons can be filtered by grade, topic, and keyword. A More filter option, allows you to refine results by Next Generation Science Standards alignment, activity type, and reserve-specific curriculum.
Our video gallery content offers the option to filter by state, topic, and keyword.

We've highlighted direct access to tools and helpful links to related content through the use of color and icons. Color-blocked banners connect you to our most popular content and tools.

As an example, you'll find a toolbar on the home page that points you to our curriculum, teacher workshop calendar, data graphing tool, and video gallery.

Throughout the site, you'll find an Additional Resources sidebar. This sidebar offers links to additional content you may be interested in, including access to our National Estuarine Research Reserve locations.

Screenshot of Additional Resources sidebar

Last but certainly not least, we have a new url: coast.noaa.gov/estuaries. Please take a moment to explore the site and update your bookmarks. This page will be retired on June 1, 2017.

Explore the New Site