Marine Debris Prevention and Education Middle School Lessons Description Completed in 2019, this curriculum is aligned with the Louisiana Science standards and includes Engagement, Exploration, Explanation, Elaboration, Performance Expectations, Science and Engineering Practices, Disciplinary Core Ideas (DCIs), Crosscutting Concepts, and Evaluations all related to environmental education and coastal issues. Download [...]
Spirit of the Estuary: Using Art to Understand Ecology Description The Spirit of the Estuary: Using Art to Understand Ecology educates students, grades 5-8, about the Barataria-Terrebonne Estuary and the priority issues affecting the basins. This curriculum guide provides easy access to information on environmental issues surrounding the estuary. [...]
Educator's Guide to the Barataria-Terrebonne Estuary Description The Educator’s Guide is a comprehensive educator’s guide for grades K-12. It is organized into five sections, with each section corresponding with the BTNEP Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan’s (CCMP) important issues facing the BTNEP – Habitat, Changes in Living Resources, Water [...]
Barrier Islands Educator's Guide Description The Barrier Island Curriculum is part of the Educator’s Guide and introduces middle school and high school students to how barrier islands protect coastal Louisiana from the winds and waves of storms. Students get to make predictions of how barrier islands affect wave action during [...]
Louisiana's Birds Description Barataria-Terrebonne Estuary Migratory Bird Curriculum educates teachers and students of grades K-12 about the birds and related habitats of the Barataria-Terrebonne Estuary and the priority issues facing the basins. This curriculum facilitates instruction for teachers by providing hands-on, inquiry-based lessons focused primarily on science and math content [...]
Salt Marsh Habitat Description Salt Marsh Habitat activity book follows Clawdette the Crab through the estuary. This activity book is ideal for students K-4. Download the book here.
Claude & Clawdette's Estuary Adventure Description Claude & Claudette’s Estuary Adventure is a 16-page full color educational booklet with information about the Barataria-Terrebonne National Estuary System. The booklet will teach students in grades 2-5 about the important environmental issues affecting the estuary. The activity book includes information pieces, games, puzzles, [...]
