Additional Nearshore Resources


  • “Oyster Farmers and Ocean Acidification” Video
    This video features employees at Taylor Shellfish detailing how ocean acidification affects the oysters, and thus, their business and lives. https://youtu.be/8TVgaEL2G-8
  • “What Is Ocean Acidification?” Video
    This animated video shows students how ocean acidification affects shellfish (and humans!) https://youtu.be/6SMWGV-DBnk
  • Wetland Metaphors Activity
    In this activity, students make comparisons between unrelated objects through metaphors to learn the functions of a wetland.
  • Sea Level Change and Coastal Hazards in Washington
    Many factors contribute to Sea Level Rise. Learn more here!  
  • Beat the Uncertainty: Planning Climate-Resilient Cities
    In this activity, you and your fellow players are the leaders—citizens, policymakers, business leaders, nonprofit leaders, and researchers—of a coastal city. Your job is to make smart decisions that will increase the city’s resilience to climate change.
  • Game of Floods
    The Game of Floods is a small group activity, with 4-6 participants tasked with developing a vision for ‘Marin Island 2050,’ a hypothetical landscape that highlights the conditions that will be experienced in Marin in coming years with sea level rise and increased storm impacts causing the loss or deterioration of homes, community facilities, roads, ...
  • Thermal Expansion and Sea Level Rise
    This activity provides an opportunity for students to investigate how thermal expansion of water affects sea level rise. The suggested lab activity allows students to observe and describe the change in water level in a container when the water is exposed to heat.
  • Nisqually Delta Restoration Puzzle
    The Nisqually River Delta in Washington State provides a model of river estuary restoration and a hopeful message about our environment. This puzzle provides a hands-on learning activity for adults and children to visualize the impact of removing 100-year-old agricultural dikes at the Nisqually Delta on salmon and the thousands of species that rely on ...
  • BRIDGE Ocean Education
    The Bridge Ocean Science Education Resource Center is an ever-growing collection of the best marine education materials available online. The Bridge provides educators with a convenient source of accurate and useful information on global, national, and regional marine science topics, and gives research scientists a contact point for broader impacts and educational outreach projects
  • Dungeness Crab Case Study
    Dungeness crab is a valuable species throughout the national marine sanctuaries of the West Coast from Washington state to throughout California. This communication toolkit is designed for educators and communicators to use to teach others about the impact of ocean acidification on Dungeness crab. The toolkit includes: fact sheet; infographic; PowerPoint slideshow with script; reference list; ...