Instructional Video
NOAA

Noaa: Estuary Education: Oyster Research

9th - 10th
Learn about different research techniques used to study the oyster population in the estuary. [5:55]
Instructional Video
NOAA

Noaa: Estuary Education: Eelgrass Restoration

9th - 10th
Take a look at the scientific efforts to reseed the valuable but shrinking eelgrass bed habitats in the estuarine ecosystem. [3:06]
Instructional Video
NOAA

Noaa: Estuary Education: Urban Estuaries: Restoration

9th - 10th
Students and citizen groups seek to restore and reclaim damaged, changed, or polluted estuaries. [6:52]
Instructional Video
NOAA

Noaa: Estuary Education: Building a Salt Marsh

9th - 10th
Find out how a salt marsh can be built or rebuilt. This video explains how plants are chosen to restore a salt marsh near New York City. [3:52]
Instructional Video
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Noaa: Estuary Education: Hazardous Habitat

9th - 10th
Estuaries are important habitats for salmon, but development, deforestation, and human interaction have caused damage to these ecosystems. Learn how to mitigate this damage and restore the estuary. [3:32]
Instructional Video
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Noaa: Estuary Education: Getting Involved

9th - 10th
Learn how to get involved to protect these important but fragile resources in the estuary ecosystem. [4:59]
Instructional Video
NOAA

Noaa: Estuary Education: Score for Oysters

9th - 10th
Score one for oysters. Meet two marine ecosystem experts and learn how oyster shells can be recycled to make a new habitat for young oysters. [8:12]
Instructional Video
NOAA

Noaa: Estuary Education: Estuary Restoration

9th - 10th
A look at how and why the South Slough estuary has been changed by human use, and how we are now trying to rebuild or restore the estuary to original condition. Specialized techniques for restoration include use of high explosives. [7:48]
Instructional Video
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Noaa: Estuary Education: Urban Estuaries: Toxic Legacy

9th - 10th
Pollution in urban estuaries is a serious problem. Cleaning up this toxic legacy is a long-term and expensive proposition. [7:05]
Instructional Video
NOAA

Noaa: Estuary Education: Estuary Restoration and Monitoring

9th - 10th
See how an urban estuary suffering from land loss is restored using a unique high-tech method. Then, using digital camera technology, students are able to show the results of the restoration to determine the project's success. [2:25]