Coastal seas as a context for science teaching: A lesson from Chesapeake Bay

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 47, Issue 1-6, 2003, Pages 253-259

  Bell, Wayne H ^a   Fowler, Erin M ^a   Stein, J Andrew ^a  

^a WASHINGTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chesapeake Bay; Coastal oceanography; Education K 12; Environmental education; Internet resources

Indexed keywords

CURRICULA; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INTERNET; SATELLITES; SEAWATER;

MARINE ECOLOGY;

COASTAL ZONES;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN;

COASTAL WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION; TEACHING;

ANOXIA; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BLUE CRAB; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL WATERS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER MODEL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CURRICULUM; DATA ANALYSIS; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EL NINO; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GEOLOGY; GLOBAL CLIMATE; IMAGERY; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIFE CYCLE; OCEANOGRAPHY; PACIFIC ISLANDS; SALINITY; SCIENCE; STUDENT; TEACHER; TEACHING; TELECOMMUNICATION; WATERSHED;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; UNITED STATES;

CALLINECTES SAPIDUS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 0038022716     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-326X(02)00468-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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