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On April 20,2012, the Waterfront Partnership, BioHabitats and Kids at Living Classroom created a floating wetland in the baltimore harbor. This included a public outreach event for students and other citizens.
Marsh Plants
Found in Baltimore, Maryland. Rt 95 (foreground) and Rt 2 bridge (background)
Highways of Baltimore
Conceptual digram illustrating a rain barrel design to stop sediment and nutrients from running off property into storm drains.
Rain barrel
Illustration of a hiker with an overnight pack and trekking poles.
Hiker: overnight
Cross-section of Lami Town in Fiji.
Fiji: Lami Town
Conceptual diagram illustrating the life cycle of the black salt marsh mosquito.
Black salt marsh mosquito life cycle
Conceptual diagram illustrating density and change in species of seagrasses in Florida Bay following long-term (left column) and short-term (right column) fertilization after the installation of bird roosting stakes in a turtle grass bed.
Change in seagrasses after bird stake installation
Map of the land area of Florida during the Early Pliocene, Late Pleistocene (red dotted line), and present-day Florida.
History of Florida land area
Wax myrtle (Myrica cerifera) is the most common shrub in the  areas behind the ocean dunes and protected from salt spray. It is an evergreen whose berries are eaten by tree swallows and myrtle warblers, and that provides cover for small rodents and rabbits.
Myrica cerifera (wax myrtle)
Conceptual diagram illustrating the complex food web that a South Florida seagrass meadow supports.
Seagrass meadow food web
Conceptual diagram illustrating how, in the south Florida coastal area, the internal tide cores deliver cool, nutrient-rich water from the ocean depths to the outer reefs of the Florida Keys.
South Florida tide
Conceptual diagram illustrating annual mean water volume transports in Florida Bay and through the Keys.
South Florida water volume transport
Conceptual diagram illustrating that Caribbean spiny lobsters are a key component of the marine ecosystem in south Florida as both predators and prey.
Spiny lobsters are key component of south Florida…
Conceptual diagram illustrating the structure of a coral polyp.
Structure of a coral polyp
Illustration of a 3D watershed with braided river, continental islands, coral reef, and beach
Watershed 3D: river mouth, continental islands…
Illustration of a 3D watershed with river mouth, continental islands, coral reef, and beach
Watershed 3D: river mouth, continental islands…
Triptych comparison of a river mouth, showing a pristine environment (left) with subsequent sediment, nutrients, and toxin inputs leading to an unhealthy and unproductive environment with a hardened shoreline (right).
Estuary 3D: River Mouth Triptych
Comparison illustration of sea level rise in an estuary, showing shoreline erosion, immersion, and changes within the river mouth.
Estuary 3D: Sea-level rise diptych
Illustration of an estuary with a braided river mouth.
Estuary 3D: braided river mouth
Illustration of traditional Pacific Island Chamorro canoe.
Chamorro canoe
Several waterfalls and numerous streams are found throughout Shenandoah National Park
Icicles over a rock outcrop
As part of the Science Communication course, students design the layout for a newsletter. Students decide where to include text, photos, figures, maps, conceptual diagrams. Each section in encapsulated with an active title for effective communication.
Newsletter Layout exercise
Illustration of Cnidoglanis macrocephalus (Cobbler)
Cnidoglanis macrocephalus (Cobbler)
Illustration of a coastal toilet
Coastal toilet 1
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