Educational Web Resources
General
Many websites utilize striped bass to develop curricula for middle school and high school students. A small sample is provided below:
PIE-LTER Striped bass curriculum
The Plum Island Ecosystem LTER (Long Term Ecological Research) administered by The Ecosystems Center, Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, MA provides a rich curriculum utilizing the striped bass. This curriculum provides “PowerPoint presentations, inquiry lessons based on databases, field studies, and online videos. We are proud to present these lesson plans and resources which are based on Massachusetts Science Curriculum Frameworks.”
- http://pie-lter.ecosystems.mbl.edu/content/striped-bass-curriculum
- http://ecosystems.mbl.edu/PIE/News/StripedBassSchoolyardHoldsworthNewsletter.htm
Cool classroom from Rutgers
- http://new.coolclassroom.org/adventures/explore/fish/22
- http://new.coolclassroom.org/pages/about
- http://coolclassroom.org/home.html
- http://coolclassroom.org/teachers_guide/teachersguide.html
- http://coolclassroom.org/cool_projects/coolprojects.html
- http://new.coolclassroom.org/discoveries/view/lifecycle
MA Audubon
- http://www.massaudubon.org/learn/schools-groups/resources-for-teachers
Teach Ocean Science
Striper Space
NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office
Encyclopedia of Life
NOAA Fish Watch
- http://www.fishwatch.gov/profiles/atlantic-striped-bass
- http://www.vims.edu/research/departments/fisheries/programs/striped_bass_assessment_program/life_history/index.php
Education Digital Library
Cary Institute of Ecosystems Study: Changing Hudson Project
The New York State Marine Education Association