Resources from CURB's Partners

Favorite Activities from Partner Organizations

• Log your water use with BioBus Scientists: 
  • Introduction
  • Water Use Diary
• Monitor bacteria in your home with Hudson River Park: 
  • Lesson
  • Results Worksheet
• Find more lessons and activities with this searchable resource from the Hudson River Foundation: https://www.hudsonriver.org/article/educational-resource-guide
• For a weekly newsletter depicting wildlife and nature along the Hudson River, you can subscribe to the lovely Hudson River Almanac: https://www.dec.ny.gov/lands/25608.html

Here are our favorite outside resources for Hudson River monitoring/data collection and analysis:

• Hudson River Environmental Conditions Observating System (HRECOS): http://www.hrecos.org/ 
  • Lesson Plans
• A Day in the Life of the Hudson River (Snapshot Day):
  • Background
  • Data
  • Lesson Plans
• Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC)
  • Lesson Plans

Some of our favorite interdisciplinary podcasts and episodes:

For older learners: 

• https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab/episodes/211119-colors
• https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab/articles/from-tree-to-shining-tree
• http://outsideinradio.org/older-episodes-4
• https://sustainabilitydefined.com/business/plastics/
• https://sustainabilitydefined.com/cities/water-infrastructure/
• https://sustainabilitydefined.com/natural-environment
• https://www.npr.org/2019/09/04/757539617/the-litter-myth
• http://www.theroadtonow.com/episodes/e153

For younger learners: 

• https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab-kids

Insightful Articles and Videos:

• ‘Six Activities to Teach Kids About Water’ https://wateruseitwisely.com/six-activities-to-teach-kids-about-water/
• ‘Oysters On The Half Shell Are Actually Saving New York's Eroding Harbor’ https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2018/10/10/654781446/oysters-on-the-half-shell-are-actually-saving-new-yorks-eroding-harbor
• ‘From Glass Eels to Silver Eels and Everything in Between: The Life Stages of the American Eel’ https://nystateparks.blog/2016/04/12/from-glass-eels-to-silver-eels-and-everything-in-between-the-life-stages-of-the-american-eel/
• ‘The Atlantic Sturgeon: The Symbol of The Hudson River Estuary’ https://www.dec.ny.gov/lands/5084.html
• ‘Understanding Natural Climate Cycles’ video by NOVA PBS Official https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKY7AN3tB_s&list=LLz5XBToROReORDpRcZn9nyg&index=2&t=0s This video is great for older elementary students. Although not related as directly to the Hudson River as some of these other resources, it still gives some important info on understanding climate and the earth’s natural cycles on a larger scale.
• ‘How Climate Change Makes Hurricanes More Destructive’ https://www.edf.org/climate/how-climate-change-makes-hurricanes-more-destructive
• ‘Rising Hazard of Storm-Surge Flooding’ https://www.pnas.org/content/114/45/11806
• ‘What is Storm Surge?’ https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/stormsurge-stormtide.html
• ‘How You Can Stop Global Warming’ https://www.nrdc.org/stories/how-you-can-stop-global-warming
• ‘Climate Change Was The Engine That Powered Hurricane Maria's Devastating Rains’ https://www.npr.org/2019/04/17/714098828/climate-change-was-the-engine-that-powered-hurricane-marias-devastating-rains

Links to Partner Environmental Education Organizations

• Teaching the Hudson Valley
• Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) & Hudson River Estuary Program
• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
• Hudson River Sloop Clearwater
• The BioBus
• Changing the Hudson Project – Curriculum
• Philipse Manor Hall
• Hudson River Museum
• Palisades Interstate Park
• The Science Barge
• Greenburgh Nature Center
• Hudson River Park 
• Strawtown Art & Garden Studio
• Regional Environmental Educator Day
• Billion Oyster Project
• Solar One
• Alliance for Climate Education
• Hudson River Almanac
• Teatown Lake Reservation Nature Preserve and Education Center
• Children’s Environmental Literacy Foundation