Estuaries

Supplementary Activities

• "The EstuaryÌs Natural Filter"
• Using information contained in Discover Your Estuary, plan a field-trip to a riverside park.
• Contact the Vancouver AquariumÌs Community Outreach team to find out how your class can get involved cleaning up the Fraser River Estuary and other hands-on stewardship activities. (604) 685-3364.
• Visit the Balimore Aquarium Website at www.aqua.org/education/teachers/activities/chmodel.html and construct a simple model of an estuary with your students or as a demonstration.

Recommended Resources:

• Kistritz, R.U., 1992. Discover Your Estuary. Vancouver: Environment Canada.

River Works!
www.riverworks.org
Environmental youth stewardship program with the Vancouver Aquarium for estuary restoration in the Fraser River.

Environment CanadaÌs Fraser River Action Plan
www.pwc.bc.doe.ca/ec/frap/index.html
From Environment Canada

Gulf of Maine Aquarium
octopus.gma.org/katahdin/index.html

Fisheries and Oceans Coastal Marine Habitat Science
www.ios.bc.ca/ios/mehsd/coast/
Ocean research in Canadian waters of the Pacific and Western Arctic Oceans.