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Noaa: Estuary Education: New Jersey Terrapin Close Up
Find out about the importance of the estuary ecosystem, and the terrapins' relationship with these special wetlands. [4:46]
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Noaa: Estuary Education: Tracking Turtles
Learn how scientists track turtles and other research subjects using radio transmitter technology [3:56]
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Noaa: Estuary Education: Estuaries and the First Peoples
Learn how the Charlotte Harbor estuary served as nature's supermarket for the native Calusa people. [3:39]
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Noaa: Estuary Education: Collecting Creatures in the Charlotte Harbor
Students collect and display some of the most common creatures found in the Charlotte Harbor Estuary. [3:52]
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Noaa: Estuary Education: Oysters of the Charlotte Harbor Estuary
Meet an oyster expert and learn about the history and economic value of the oyster in the Charlotte Harbor Estuary. [4:39]
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Noaa: Estuary Education: Interview With the Manatee
Here's your chance to interview the manatee, a marine mammal that finds safety and sustenance in the estuary. [6:55]
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Noaa: Estuary Education: Mangrove Maniacs
Learn about the life cycle and seed dispersal methods of mangrove plants found in Florida. Understand why these plants are important in the estuary. [4:32]
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Noaa: Estuary Education: Mangrove Q&a
Scientists answer student questions about mangroves and why these plants are a keystone species in Florida's estuaries. [7:06]
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Noaa: Estuary Education: Carnivorous Plants
Visit a beautiful bog in the Weeks Bay Reserve in Alabama, home to a variety of carnivorous plants. [10:03]
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Noaa: Estuary Education: American Alligator
Meet the American Alligator, a resident of the Lousiana estuary, and learn the secrets of this misunderstood creature. [4:55]
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Noaa: Estuary Education: Birds of the Barataria Terrebonne
Catch a glimpse of several species of birds found in the Barataria-Terrebonne estuary in Louisiana. [7:32]
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Noaa: Estuary Education: Creatures of Brackish Water
Find out how the salt composition in the waters of the estuary affects the organisms living there. [7:44]
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Noaa: Estuary Education: Galveston Bay Overview
A quick overview of the importance of estuary conservation in Galveston Bay with Helen Drummond, director of the Galveston Bay Estuary Program. [7:41]
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Noaa: Estuary Education: Watersheds of Galveston Bay
Meet a soil conservationist known as the Dirt Doctor, and learn about the function of the watersheds of the Galveston Bay. [7:23]
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Noaa: Estuary Education: Texas Alligators Q&a
Students ask questions about the American Alligator, and an Armand Bayou Nature Center scientist provides answers. [3:06]
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Noaa: Estuary Education: Armand Bayou Close Up
Get wet and muddy with scientist Eddie Seidensticker as he and two students take an up-close look at the plants of Armand Bayou in Texas. [8:42]
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Noaa: Estuary Education: Phytoplankton
Young students learn about plankton (in particular phytoplankton) and why it is vital to life on this planet. [9:59]
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Noaa: Estuary Education: Read the Beach (Sand Signs)
A scientist teaches students how to gather evidence and make scientific inferences about the beach just by looking at the sand. [9:23]
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Noaa: Estuary Education: Estuary Basics (Marsh Plants)
Meet scientist Saundra Upchurch of the Ace Basin Reserve and learn about the marsh plants of South Carolina's "Low Country." [9:43]
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Noaa: Estuary Education: Wisconsin's Freshwater Estuaries
Find out about Wisconsin's delicate freshwater estuary environments along Lake Superior. Includes ecosystems in the Apostle Islands in addition to the Flag, Cranberry, Bark, Sand, Rasberry, Lost Creek, Whittlesey Creek, Fish Creek,...
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Noaa: Estuary Education: So What Is an Estuary, So Now You Know
Produced by the Association of National Estuary Programs as a fun explanation of what estuaries are and why they are important. [7:23]
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Noaa: Estuary Education: Salinity Stratification Experiment
Learn a little about salinity differences in the estuary and watch a really cool but simple experiment to demonstrate salinity stratification. You can try this at home! [9:33]
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Noaa: Estuary Education: Turtle Tales
Meet a middle-school student who works to protect turtles found in the estuary. [3:16]
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Noaa: Estuary Education: Black Skimmers
Footage of Black Skimmers fishing on an estuarine creek in North Carolina. This clip shows, in slow motion, how the birds skim from the surface of the water to get their food. [1:03]