Hudson River Park provides this curated list of resources for educators to explore topics related to our programming.
Hudson River Park
STEM Lessons and Activities
Life in the Piles poster
Fish in Hudson River Park poster
Our Living Estuary presentation (also available in Google Slides)
General
Aldo Leopold Foundation
NY DEC, Hudson River Lesson Plans
Cary Institute, Education
Clearwater, Teacher Resources
NYC DEP, Environmental Education
NYC Audubon
Project Wet
Project Learning Tree
Project Wild
HRECOS, Lesson Plans
Estuary Basics
USGS, Water quality
NY DEC, Meet the Hudson River
Cary Institute, Watersheds
Cary Institute, Tides
NY DEC, Tracking the Salt Front
HRECOS
Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, Snap Shot Day
Wildlife
Sea Grant NY, Fish Lesson Plans
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation, Fish Anatomy
HRP E&E, Fish in Hudson River Park
National Park Service, Catch and Release Fishing
NY Department of Health, Fish Consumption Guidelines
NY DEC, Growing up as a Striped Bass
Trout Unlimited, Trout in the Classroom
Two Claws Up, Horseshoe Crabs in NYC
Plankton
NASA Earth Observatory, Plankton Overview
Cary Institute, Plankton and Foodweb
Clearwater, Food Webs
Cary Institute, Fish food web
University of Arizona, In class plankton lessons
National Geographic, Phytoplankton and Oxygen Production
NOAA, Plankton Data and Resource
Terrestrial
University of Illinois
Cornell Lab of Ornithology K-12
PestWorld for Kids K-8
USDA Forest Service, Urban Forestry Laboratory
NY Tree Field Guide App
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
Trees are Good
Maritime History
Lake Champlain Maritime Museum
Lilac History
Frying Pan History
Nauticus
Scholastic
The Mariner’s Museum
Oyster
Billion Oyster Project, Curriculum and Resources
NY/NJ Baykeeper, Oyster Restoration Program
Compost
Grow NYC, Compost Food Scraps
Eartheasy, Guide to Composting at Home
NYC, Compost Project
Personal Creations, Home Compost Guide