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**Roadmap to Resources** Estuaries Tutorial  **The National Estuarine Research Reserve System  (NERRS) home page**https://coast.noaa.gov/nerrs This is the home page of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric  Administration’s (NOAA) National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERRS.)  Through the NERRS home page you can access general information about the NERRS Program,  read detailed information about the location and activities of each of the 26  NERRS sites throughout the United States, and access each reserve’s individual  website. There is also information about training and fellowship  opportunities, as well as restoration initiatives, invasive species, and links  to additional organizations that deal with estuaries. **The NERRS Centralized Data Management Office (CDMO) website**https://cdmo.baruch.sc.edu/ This website provides an overview of the NERRS System-wide Monitoring  Program (SWaMP) at 25 NERRS sites across the country, as well as the  meteorological and water quality data collected through SWaMP from 1995 to  2003. The lesson plan “Getting Physical with Estuaries” in the NOAA Ocean  Service Lesson Plan Library presents a formal exercise using this website and  explains in detail how to download and manipulate the data this site presents. North Carolina Coastal Reserve and NERRS home page https://coast.noaa.gov/nerrs/reserves/north-carolina.html In North Carolina Currituck Banks, Rachel Carson, Masonboro Island, and  Zeke’s Island are designated as National Estuarine Research Reserves. The website includes aerial views and descriptions of each of the reserve sites,  videos, virtual field trips, and lesson plans for students and educators, as  well as weather and water data and detailed information as to how it is  collected. **South Slough NERRS home page**https://coast.noaa.gov/nerrs/reserves/south-slough.html From this page you can access information on research, education,  stewardship and restoration activities taking place at the South Slough (Oregon)  NERRS site. **Tijuana River NERRS  home page**https://coast.noaa.gov/nerrs/reserves/tijuana-river.html From this page you can access information on research, restoration, management and educational activities taking place at the Tijuana NERRS site. **U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) National Estuary home page**https://www.epa.gov/nep The EPA National Estuary home page contains links to a wide range of  resources that provide research and educational information related to  estuarine ecosystems and the many factors that impact them. Information on  watersheds, water quality monitoring, and nonpoint source pollution are just  some of the excellent materials that can be accessed from this Web page. **NOAA National Ocean Service Education Tides and  Water Levels Tutorial**https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/education/tutorial_tides/welcome.html The Tides and Water Levels Tutorial presents an overview of the  complex systems that govern the movement of tides and water levels. This is  particularly relevant to understanding the organization of estuarine  ecosystems. It includes many illustrations and interactive graphics to enhance  the text. A roadmap to resources directs you to real-time tidal and current  data, and lesson plans in the Ocean Service Education Lesson Library focus on  the forces that cause and affect tides, analysis of the variations in tidal  patterns and what conditions may cause them, and the effect of lunar cycles on  living organisms. **NOAA NOS Essay and Links on Coastal Monitoring and Observations**https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/topics/coasts/monitoring/ This essay discusses three major classes of coastal observations and  monitoring that NOAA’s National Ocean Service undertakes within U.S. territorial  waters. The first measures environmental features simultaneously across large  geographic areas. This includes coral reef and shoreline mapping, as well as  harmful algal bloom monitoring. The second characterizes chemical, physical,  meteorological, or biological properties via repeated measurements at selected  sites throughout a region. The NERRS System-wide Monitoring Program (SWMP) is  an example of this type of monitoring program. The third usually involves  intensive and frequent measurements of environmental conditions at a few  sampling locations. This third class of monitoring allows scientists to  identify, measure, and potentially link environmental changes detected by the  other two types of monitoring with the causes of these changes. **Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) Center for Coastal  Resources Management (CCRM) home page**https://www.vims.edu/ccrm/ The VIMS CCRM home page provides many links to informational and data  resources relating to wetlands ecology, ecosystem science, and policy and management. **Chesapeake Bay Foundation Graphics for Educators**https://www.cbf.org/join-us/education-program/resources/graphics-for-the-classroom.html These are downloadable posters and activities graphics for educators on a  variety of topics effecting the bay. Graphics  include: The Dead Zone, Effects  of Nutrient Pollution, Trends in Blue Crabs: Maryland and Virginia, Decimated  Oyster Population, and Nitrogen Loading of Chesapeake Bay.
 Estuaries **Lessons** Welcome What is an Estuary? Economy and Environment Ecosystem Services Geology Water Circulation Estuarine Habitats Adaptations to Life in the Estuary Natural Disturbances to Estuaries Human Disturbances to Estuaries Monitoring Estuaries The Future References
  More **Information** Roadmap to Resources Subject Review  The National Science Teaching Association (NSTA) includes this resource in its database. NSTA provides educators and students access to Web-based, educationally appropriate science content that has been formally evaluated by master teachers.
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