The following resources are available for Long Island educators to introduce authentic Long Island nature lessons into their classrooms. These resources cover Long Island’s geology, biology and ecology with a special focus on the Long Island Pine Barrens and Long Island’s water resources.
New York State Science Learning Standards
Long Island’s Aquifers & Surface Waters
- Long Island Water Resources Curriculum Guide K-6
- Long Island Water Resources Curriculum Guide 7-12
- Long Island’s Aquifers Coloring Worksheet
- Lesson Plan: All the Water in the World
- Lesson Plan: Water’s Journey
- Lesson Plan: Purifying Our Water
- Lesson Plan: Long Island Water Quality Research Project
- The Long Island Clean Water Partnership
- Blog: How are Long Island Drinking Water and Surface Water Connected?
- Blog: What are Harmful Algal Blooms?
- Blog: Why Should We Protect Long Island Estuaries?
- Blog: What is a Watershed?
- Blog: Long Island’s Water and Economy
- Blog: Long Island’s Drinking Water Found to be Most Contaminated in the State
- Video: Long Island’s Water Cycle
- Videos: Long Island Moms for Clean Water Public Service Announcements
- Video: Where does our water come from? (The Nature Conservancy)
- Video: Where does it go when I flush? (The Nature Conservancy)
- Video: What is Nitrogen Pollution? (The Nature Conservancy)
- Video: Something Lost (The Nature Conservancy)
- Video: A New Perspective (The Nature Conservancy)
- Video: Generations (The Nature Conservancy)
- Video: Answers & Solutions (The Nature Conservancy)
- Video: On Display (The Nature Conservancy)
- Video: We’re Oyster Farmers (The Nature Conservancy)
- Video: It’s Imperative (The Nature Conservancy)
- Video: Jim’s Solution (The Nature Conservancy)
The Long Island Pine Barrens
- History of the Pine Barrens
- The Pine Barrens Protection Act
- Long Island Pine Barrens Parks Passport
- The Pine Barrens Today Newsletter
- Blog: What is the Long Island Pine Barrens?
- Blog: Fire Keeps the “Pine” in “Pine Barrens”
- Blog: Long Island’s Coastal Plain Ponds
- Blog: “Exceedingly Poor Indeed” – George Washington on the Long Island Pine Barrens
- Blog: Saving Our Trees, Saves Our Water
- Blog: Long Island’s Little Shop of Horrors
- Blog: The Pine Barrens: It Ain’t Just Pines
- Pine Barrens Society YouTube Channel
