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Education

Teachers use far more Coastwatch content in their classrooms than we’ve gathered here. These stories highlight educational outreach, and/or they provide special resources for teachers and students.

We’ve also launched a new educational feature for teachers and students in grades 6 to 12. Visit Coastwatch Classroom.

Sep 9, 2020

Science Needs You: Monitoring and Assessing Water Quality Across the Neuse River Estuary-Pamlico Sound Continuum

For decades, researchers have been tracking the health of the second largest estuarine complex in the United States — and you can help, too.

Jun 15, 2020

Coastal Connections: Hatteras Island Students Tackle Coastal Change

Hatteras Island’s youth are strong and resilient. “Salty,” some might say. Students at Cape Hatteras Secondary School of Coastal Studies are noticing, in particular, that storms and weather are becoming more frequent and more intense.

Jun 9, 2020

Whats in your Water?

As household plumbing and water pipes age, lead — an infamously potent neurotoxin — contaminates drinking water. Riley Mulhern hopes to predict where such contaminated waters are more likely to occur.
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Mar 23, 2020

Curriculum Connections

Last fall, North Carolina Sea Grant published a collection of free lesson plans on marine aquaculture, or “mariculture.” Designed for high schoolers. Lesson 4 is republished here.
Horses cross the shallow waters of the Rachel Carson Reserve

Dec 1, 2017

Gaining an Education on the Water: Appreciating the Forces of Nature

Always a water lover growing up in a Great Lakes state, I found more to learn when I moved to the N.C. coastal town of Beaufort almost six years ago. With beautiful waters beckoning to me daily, I have taken advantage of my location to take more kayak, stand-up paddleboard and sailing trips out on the water than I can count.
cape shark fish taco

Dec 1, 2017

DEVELOPING RECIPES, NOURISHING THE COMMUNITY

What’s in a blackened-fish taco? For most of us, it is simply fish, seasoning, salsa and tortillas. For Evan Ferguson and her high-school students, their tacos start with an underappreciated fish: cape shark. Then, their special recipe stirs in a desire for fresh, local seafood in the school cafeteria, mixed with the sweat and hard work of a fishing community.
Highway 12 on the Outer Banks. Credit: NCDOT.

Dec 1, 2017

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH ON THE OUTER BANKS

Sitting outside a restaurant in Duck, North Carolina, a great partnership was expanded over a meal of local seafood in the fall of 2015. Brandon Puckett and Scott Crocker of…
Small white device placed behind exhibit displays

Mar 1, 2017

ACCESSIBLE COAST: SCIENCE VIA VARIED SENSES

In the five years Yirka has been on staff, the Raleigh museum has debuted technologies and programs enabling fully independent navigation for people of varying abilities. All exhibit content is available regardless of visual impairments or hearing loss.
Summer campers at Highlands Biological Station observing macroinvertebrates in a white bucket.

Mar 1, 2017

EXPANDING MARINE EDUCATION FROM SEA TO MOUNTAINS

It’s easy to believe Terri Kirby Hathaway when she says she has the “best job in the world.” Hathaway works as a marine education specialist with North Carolina Sea Grant, a position she’s held for 13 years.
A pier overlooking the ocean

Mar 1, 2017

ACCESSIBLE COAST: Discover Innovative N.C. Tourism in ACCESS

Venues across coastal North Carolina enhance visitors’ travel experiences. More than 400 accessible attractions are offered in ACCESS North Carolina, a vacation and travel guide for people with accessibility needs.