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Ecology

  • A large number of oysters were found affected by diel cycling and are laid out on a long, rectangular, newspaper-covered table
  • Activities, StoryMaps & Interactives
    Secchi disk sampling

    Secchi Disk Sampling

    Instructional page, satellites and sampling, but multiple uses.

    Topics Ecology

    Grades Middle (6th-8th), High School to Adult

  • Background Reading
    "What are microbes?" graphic

    What Are Microbes?

    Info page.

    Topics Ecology

    Grades Elementary (2nd-5th), Middle (6th-8th)

  • Activities, StoryMaps & Interactives

    SERC Nature Walk Bingo

    Scavenger hunt page.

    Topics Ecology

    Grades Elementary (2nd-5th), Middle (6th-8th)

  • Activities, StoryMaps & Interactives
    Watershed scavenger hunt

    Watershed Scavenger Hunt

    Scavenger hunt page.

    Topics Ecology

    Grades Elementary (2nd-5th), Middle (6th-8th)

  • Activities, StoryMaps & Interactives
    Marsh metaphore scavenger hunt

    SERC Marsh Metaphore Scavenger Hunt Hike

    Scavenger hunt page.

    Topics Ecology

    Grades Middle (6th-8th), High School to Adult

  • Video or Video Series
    "Nation's largest estuary" text over video frame of an overhead view of the SERC campus

    SERC Scientists Speak: Climate Change and Estuaries

    Video: Cindy Gilmore.

    Topics Ecology

    Grades High School to Adult

  • Video or Video Series
    Boat in the water with "Our work in the bay and its tributaries also leads us to study oyster reefs" text at the bottom

    Chesapeake Working Land and Seascapes: Science Serving People

    Video.

    Topics Ecology

    Grades Middle (6th-8th), High School to Adult

  • Background Reading
    SERC research infographics: Terrestrial Guild, Aquatic Guild, and Chemical Guild

    SERC Research Infographics

    Infographics about SERC research.

    Topics Ecology

    Grades Middle (6th-8th), High School to Adult

  • Activities, StoryMaps & Interactives
    harnessing the hidden potential of coastal carbon storymap

    Blue Carbon StoryMap (English)

    StoryMap for Hannah Morrissette's Marine Conservation (MarineGEO) Lab (English version).

    Topics Ecology

    Grades High School to Adult

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