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Lesson Plans - Introduction
This curriculum development project has been building for a few years now. Teachers attending workshops learn about estuary science. They then create lessons to teach estuary science to their students.These lessons provide elementary students with a variety of learning experiences to improve science skills described in the Washington State Learning Standards.
The Lessons
An estuary can be a valuable food source for people and other organisms
Applying Scientific Methods to Solve a Pollution Problem
Investigation of the relationship between nutrients and dissolved oxygen using aquarium models
Density and temperature changes in estuary water
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Tidal Patterns
Tide Zones
How Tides Work
Salish Sea Geography and Tides - A Web Search
Food Web of the Estuary
Estuary Webquest |
