Washington State Department of Ecology

Publication Summary

Title	The Estuary Guide: Level 3, High School (Part A)
Month-Year Published	August 2002
Online Availability	View this publication in Acrobat PDF format 517 kilobytes, requires version 4.0 or later of Adobe Acrobat Reader Software get Acrobat Reader
Short Description	Curriculum Guide for High School level. Includes background information on estuaries for teachers or for use as student reading material, and hands-on activities. (Also see abstract below)
Publication Number	02-06-020-a
Author(s)	Glen Alexander, David Henry, Harry McCarty, Susan Wood
Print Availability	Request from the program.
Number of pages	142
Keywords	curriculum, estuaries, geology, marine, monitoring, Padilla Bay, Puget Sound, study, water quality
Related Web Content	Padilla Bay Curriculum Site
Related Publications	Title	Relationship
	The Estuary Guide: Level 3, High School (Part B)	part of a series
	The Estuary Guide: Level 3, High School (Part C)	part of a series
	The Estuary Guide: Level 3, High School (Part D)	part of a series
Abstract	Long Description
	Due to large file size, this document is divided into 4 parts for ease in downloading. See "related publications" for parts 2, 3 and 4. Part 1 includes the introduction, table of contents, and the chapters 1 and 2. Chapter 1 is Estuary Formed -- Geology, an overview of the geology of Puget Sound and Padilla Bay. Chapter 2 is Estuary Settled -- Local History, a story of human culture and settlement around Padilla Bay from the first Native Americans to the present. Part 2 includes chapters 3-5. Chapter 3 is Estuary Alive -- Ecology. It covers the biotic and abiotic elements of the Padilla Bay estuary and their interactions. Chapter 4, Estuary Inspired -- Literature and the Arts, discusses the aesthetic value of estuaries to artists and examines literature and art which has been influenced by these rich places. Chapter 5, Estuary Developed -- Human Uses, deals with the state of estuaries today and how human actions affect them. Part 3 is a series of activities relating to estuaries. It includes: Taking a Field Trip Plankton Study Water Quality Monitoring Keeping a Marine Aquarium Writing with Estuaries Thinking Globally What We Can Do -- Taking Action Part 4 contains resources for teachers and parents. It includes lists of printed resources, a field guide to Padilla Bay organisms, answers to the questions in chapters 1-5, a glossary, and bibliography.

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