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Learn How to Explore our Nation's Estuaries without Leaving the Classroom
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EstuaryLive is a series of programs that investigate estuaries around the country, exploring the uniqueness of each individual ecosystem. EstuaryLive includes live and archived broadcasts, videos and virtual field-trips lead by educators and scientists covering a wide range of topics related to estuarine and coastal ecosystems. These programs address a variety of relevant estuarine issues such as climate change, food webs, monitoring and data collection and estuarine ecology.
EstuaryLive consists of:
Archived EstuaryLive Broadcasts
EstuaryLive Live broadcasts are interactive fieldtrips that bring estuaries from around the country directly to your school via the Internet. These online field trips allow students to explore estuaries in several states and ask the fieldtrip leaders questions during the broadcasts. EstuaryLive has been broadcasting since 2001! Watch archived EstuaryLive broadcasts from past years. The are no scheduled live broadcasts for 2010.
Video Collection
Access over 50 video clips on estuarine topics. These videos, from the annual EstuaryLive Webcasts, can be used by teachers to create their own virtual field trips (read more about the Virtual Field Trips below). EstuaryLive video clips become starting or entry points to help students connect with people and places related to estuarine science. These video clips can also be used by students in developing their own presentations about estuaries, or be incorporated into other media. By incorporating relevant video clips into activities and lessons, students and teachers provide real context and enliven their projects.
Virtual Field Trips - Coming Spring 2010
Today’s students learn with dynamic text, sounds, and images that race across screens of light. With the introduction of new digital media technologies, educators and media producers are producing shorter video segments called “learning objects” for the Web. With this in mind, the NERRS has worked to repurpose the best of the EstuaryLive video clips (or digital learning objects), real-time data collection, and Web 2.0 applications so that students are actively engaged in generating their own compelling questions, researching those questions, synthesizing their learning into a multimedia online report, sharing what they learn, and then evaluating both their process and impact. Five sample Virtual Backpacks will be published on this site containing a power point presentation, video clips that fit the topic, and links to additional resources.
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Last Updated on: 02-19-2010
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