Estuary Food Webs: Links for Teachers

Estuaries 101: Survival in an Estuary

In this activity, students investigate the range of conditions that animal and plant species need to survive in an estuary. They examine data for abiotic factors that affect life in estuaries - salinity, dissolved oxygen, temperature, and pH. Students use archived data (trend analysis graphs) and real-time conditions at Elkhorn Slough to predict whether a particular animal or plant species could survive in an estuary.
http://estuaries.gov/estuaries101/DOC/PDF/LS1_SurvivalEstuary.pdf

Features: Hands-on Investigation, Lesson Ideas, Assessment, Data Sources, Inquiry Materials

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Chewin' in the Chesapeake: Food Webs and the Chesapeake

This activity guides users in developing a project that can be used to educate themselves and others on the effects of technological change (human-caused stress) and development on the food webs in the Chesapeake Bay.
http://www.bcps.org/offices/lis/models/foodwebs/

Features: Lesson Ideas, Graphics/Multimedia, Assessment

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Food Webs in the Bay

The goal of this activity is to acquaint students with a type of ecosystem, the submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) of a bay, and how different organisms of that ecosystem compete with one another for resources.
http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/Lessons.cfm?DocID=97

Features: Lesson Ideas, Assessment, Inquiry

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