Habitat	Background	Collaborative Projects	Lesson Plans	Resources
Rocky Seahores: In New Jersey, we have man-made rocky seashores. Large rocks are placed near inlets, called jetties, to project the coastline. Along, many NJ beaches there are rocks placed perpendicular the coast called groins. Many think these groins protect the coast from erosion. Twice a day the tides wash in and out over the groins providing a home to many intertidal plants and animals.	Crustaceans Molluscs Other Invertebrates	Coming soon...Kindergarten Daily News Project	Rocky seashore lesson plans & background information Drying out on the Rocky Seashore lesson plan Tides	Carolina Biological On-Line catalog for live/preserved invertebratesOrder land snails for a Snails Place MARE Lesson from the on-line catalog (live specimens section). Magic School Bus visits Rocky seashores Order from Environmental Media: we recommend "Sea House" for K-1
Sandy Beaches: New Jersey has 120 miles of coast line. NJ beaches are dynamic places. The physical force of the wind and waves move sand landward and seaward, shaping and forming the beach.	Sandy Beach Sandy Beach	Get your students involved in Clean Ocean Action's Beach Sweeps	Coastal Cleanup - Center for Marine Conservation - Marine Debris classroom materials Oil Spill Lesson Plan Ideas Seals and Sea Lions: Lesson Plans K-3	Web resource: email teachers throughout the world to exchange sand samples Order sand kits through Science Nucleus Order shells for Shell Sorting Activity
Wetlands: Estuaries are semi enclosed bodies of water where the river meets the sea. Estuaries provide clean water, help protect coastal areas from floading, and serve as natural buffers. The Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve consists of approximately 110,000 acres of public land around the Mullica River-Great Bay region.	General Information Marshes and Wetlands General Info.	Shorebird Watcher Website Wetlands Monitoring Project coming soon... Things to do in your town	Shorebird Migration Activity	Jacques Cousteau National Estuarine Research Reserve slide show on plants and animals of the wetlands available through Project Tomorrow -email mcdonnel@imcs.rutgers.edu Getting into the Muck of Things video - NJN-DESI, Public TV PO Box 77 Trenton, NJ 08625
Submerged Aquatic Vegatation and Kelp Forests:	SAV and Kelp Bed links Otternet Jimmy's Sea Otter Page Seaweeds Eelgrass link	Bay Grasses for Classes	Lesson Plan - Eelgrass	Order Seaweed and other marine organisms at Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole Oceanographic. They will ship to your school. Meadows Under the Sea Slide Show available from Project Tomorrow - email mcdonnel@imcs.rutgers.edu
Open Ocean	Open Ocean Links Plankton	Whalenet  Data Link: Use Marine Mammal Research Data in Your Classroom	Dolphins background and lesson plans	Amax Plastic Products Corp. address: 740 South Point Blvd. Petaluma, CA 94954-3832 call (707) 763-3366 Order: 16 inch Plastic Globes Singing Rock Press P.O. Box 1274 Minnetonka, Minnesota 55345 Phone/fax: (612) 935-4910 Order: Whales in the Classroom - price: $13.50 or Getting to Know Whales - price: $13.50 Peter Folkens 940 Adams St. Suite F,Benicia, CA 94510 phone (707) 746-1049 FAX (707) 746-5599 Order "World of Whales", "Cetacea", and "Greenland Whales" posters
Barrier Islands	Beach Erosion Threatened and Endangered Pinipeds	Adopt a Seal through the NJ Marine Mammal Stranding Center Raptor Center Check out the highway to the tropics project	Tides Data Tip	Barrier Island Slide Show available from Project Tomorrow email - mcdonnel@imcs.rutgers.edu  Order sharks for MARE shark dissection from Carolina Biological
Coral Reefs	Coral Links		Sea Anemone Unit: This is excellent material (12 days of laboratory and classroom exercises)	order coral samples
Polar Seas	Polar Links	coming soon...	coming soon...	coming soon...