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  • Water on the Web: Dissolved Oxygen
    Good resource to find out about the technicalities of dissolved oxygen in the water.
  • Monterey Bay Aquarium
    Live webcasts from Monterey Bay aquarium.
  • EPA: Pollution Runoff Information
    A reference site for urban, non-point source pollution runoff.
  • EPA: Water Quality Monitoring
    A reference site for water quality monitoring.
  • USGS National Land Cover Data
    The USGS database for National Land Cover data. You can get a map of New York State showing the amount of different types of land cover.
  • NOAA Education: Estuaries
    A great site on estuaries, including a video showing the tides.
  • Microscopic Pond Life
    A guide to the smaller organisms in a pond, along with life cycles and a virtual 'pond dip'.
  • Virtual Pond Dip
    A way for students to investigate pond invertebrates online-each organism they click on takes them to another page with detailed information. Aimed at middle-school students.
  • EPA: Clean Air Markets
    Home page for trading programs on emissions, wet and dry atmospheric deposition, national maps, and lots more information.
  • Earth Exploration Toolbook
    An online toolkit for teachers, students, or researchers who want to use and understand current earth science.
  • BugScope
    The project, which takes pictures of and identifies invertebrates for teachers and then conducts a one-hour lesson with the students remotely, has placed all of the specimens online. A good reference for macroinvertebrate study.

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