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​​Resources for the Classroom

Our goal at CBFS is to assist teachers and educators in any way we can to help find funding opportunities as well as resources to incorporate into your classroom. Explore the links below for resources to use in your classroom or visit our funding opportunities page here.

General Curriculum Resources

  • National Center for Science Education
    • Lesson plans for the classroom focusing on climate change
    • https://ncse.ngo/supporting-teachers/classroom-resources
  • NASA Teacher Resources - NASA
    • STEM-based curriculum focusing on bringing space into the classroom
    • https://www.nasa.gov/stem/foreducators
  • Estuaries 101 - NOAA
    • Great resource giving teachers curriculum and lesson plans involving coastal ecosystems and organisms. 
    • https://coast.noaa.gov/estuaries/curriculum/index.html
  • NOAA Digital Coast - NOAA
    • NOAA provides communities with the ability to use data scientists have collected to teach and understand coastal issues like sea level rise, hurricanes, and flooding. 
    • https://coast.noaa.gov/digitalcoast/
  • Data in the Classroom - NOAA
    • Students use real-time ocean data to explore today’s most pressing environmental issues, and develop problem-solving skills employed by scientists.
    • https://dataintheclassroom.noaa.gov/
    Bay Backpack - Chesapeake Bay Program
    • Bay Backpack provides educators with information about funding opportunities, field studies, and curriculum guides and lesson plans related to the Chesapeake Bay
    • http://baybackpack.com/

Climate Change Resources

  • Global Climate Change Resources for Educators - NASA
    •  Best available student and educators resources related to global climate change, including NASA products.
    • https://climate.nasa.gov/resources/education/
  • Coastal Resilience Mapping Portal – The Nature Conservancy 
    • Mapping tool to allow students to visualize the impacts of climate change on coastal communities all over the world. 
    • https://maps.coastalresilience.org/
  • Sea Level Rise Viewer - NOAA
    • Visual tool to understand the impact of sea level rise 
    • http://go.usa.gov/3Eb85
  • Coastal County Snapshot - NOAA
    • Gives data on the economic impact of climate change on every coastal county in the United States .
    • https://coast.noaa.gov/snapshots/

Water Quality Resources

  • SWMP Data Graphing Tool - NOAA
    • Allows students to access real-time water quality data around the United States with a graphing tool to help analyze the data.
    • http://cdmo.baruch.sc.edu/
  • Chesapeake Bay Interpretative Buoy System - NOAA
    • Gives real time water quality data for the Chesapeake Bay. Also includes lessons designed around real-time data from the buoys. 
    • https://buoybay.noaa.gov/
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