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Susan Lovelace
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"Estuary Live 2000," is an Internet webcast
that takes viewers on an Internet journey to Rachel
Carson Reserve. This event happened on May 9-12. Susan Lovelace, who has led hundreds of field trips to the Rachel Carson Reserve, leads this field trip where thousands of students discover the wonder and complexity of tidal flats, salt marshes, dredge spoil areas, sand dunes and maritime forests. Join Susan for our Town Meeting to discuss the kinds of experiences that students had as part of "Estuary Live 2000". |
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"Estuary Live" is a project that uses wireless video transmission and Internet technology to enable thousands of PreK-16 students to visit the Rachel Carson Reserve site. The field trips are webcast -- real time, live streaming video -- from an island on the Reserve. There is no cost to schools for participating in this interactive webcast: They simply need to download proper programming.In 1998, approximately 2,000 students, from elementary classrooms to teacher education classes at Eastern Carolina University, experienced the Reserve. Approximately 26 other states signed up for the "Estuary Live" programs. With the inclusion of Canada, Venezuela and New Zealand, "Estuary Live 2000" marked its first international webcast.
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Student Questions
- What is an estuary?
- How many acres of estuarine areas are found on the coast of North Carolina?
- Where does the fresh water flowing into North Carolina’s estuaries begin?
- In an estuary the environment changes by the hour. How does this effect the plants and animals that live there?
- What four estuarine areas, representing the various types of zones found in the state, have been protected by inclusion in the National Estuarine Research Reserve system?
- What effect does the ocean tides have on the estuaries as it pushes salty sea water in and out?
- Why are estuarine areas often called the "ocean's nursery"?
- How are the estuarine areas along the coast of North Carolina important to the ecology, economy and environment of North Carolina and the nation?
- What are some of the different kinds of plants and animals found in the estuary that are not found anywhere else?
Teacher Questions
- If this was not your first trip how many have you completed and how has your ability to use these trips changed with each experience?
- If you were able to participate in the Estuary Project, what did you think about the project?
- We learn something new every field trip. What are you learning to do to make the trip a more educationally relevant and rich learning experience?
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Meridian http://www.ncsu.edu/meridian/2000wint/estuary/index.html NC
National Estuarine Research Reserve and NC Coastal Reserve Program Science Junction Virginia Institute of Marine Science |
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[websites/footer.htm]Posted: May 10, 2000
