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Inquiry Learning
Explains what inquiry learning is, why it is important, how it benefits students, ways teachers can facilitate it, and examples of inquiry-based activities.
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Inquiry Based Learning
Discover a history lesson with John Dewey while exploring inquiry learning.
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Ed Visions Schools: Constructivist Learning
Adults discuss how self-directed, constructivist learning happens at their school. [6:36]
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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]
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Noaa: Estuary Education: Favorite Estuary Animals
Excited second graders describe their favorite estuary animals, and show off some artwork depicting the creatures. [2:32]
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Noaa: Estuary Education: Bulkheads Cause Problems for Horseshoe Crabs
Bulkheads, sea walls, and other hardened shoreline structures cause problems for animals like horseshoe crabs which crawl up on the shore to spawn. Middle school students perform a dramatic skit to show how these bulkheads can affect...
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Noaa: Estuary Education: Urban Estuaries: Salmon on the Decline
A short summary of why Pacific Salmon are declining. Learn about the effects of the four H's on the estuary: habitat, hydropower dams, hatcheries, and harvest. [1:46]
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Noaa: Estuary Education: Water Quality Specifics: Using a Colorimeter
Watch students use classroom tools to measure estuarine water quality. Students sample estuary water for salinity and dissolved oxygen using a low-end colorimeter. [2:21]
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Noaa: Estuary Education: More About the Marsh
A quick overview of the salt marsh and why this environment is an important ecosystem to a variety of marine life. [1:39]
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Noaa: Estuary Education: Estuary Restoration and Monitoring
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]
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Noaa: Estuary Education: Crabs of the Tillamook Estuary
Students learn about the variety of crabs found in the Tillamook Estuary including the most important commercial species, the Dungeness crab. [2:35]
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Noaa: Estuary Education: Tillamook Birds
Learn about birds that make the estuary their home, and why the estuary is an important stopover for others. Meet two pelicans saved by rescuers. [1:42]
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Noaa: Estuary Education: Salmon Underwater
Unique views of salmon in the estuary courtesy of acclaimed Oregon photographer Jose Curtis. No narration, just natural sound. [2:10]
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Noaa: Estuary Education: What Lives in the Bay?
A quick, simple look at some of the typical animals found in the estuary ecosystem of Waquoit Bay. [3:22]
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Noaa: Estuary Education: Scuba Diving Research
Learn about SCUBA diving, what equipment is required, and how diving is used to study the estuary habitat. [2:50]
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Noaa: Estuary Education: Students Can Help
Students from schools in the Peconic Estuary region talk about how young people everywhere can help and protect the environment. [3:16]
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Noaa: Estuary Education: Menhaden Facts
Learn about the lowly Menhaden, the history of this fish and the many uses that made it a powerful economic factor for many years. [2:24]
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Noaa: Estuary Education: Sea Grass Psa
Public service announcement on sea grass protection in a estuarine ecosystem. [0:49]
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Noaa: Estuary Education: Stormwater Psa
What if stormwater pollution was rubber duckies? Be informed by this humorous PSA on the importance of keeping toxins out of our stormwater. [0:48]