Living Lab Series
The secondary and college programs are built around long-term monitoring and research programs occurring at the GTM Research Reserve and are aligned to curriculum within NOAA’s Estuary Education . They are designed as field experiences to integrate classroom curriculum into field research to demonstrate relevance to students. The current experiences include: Migrating Marshes and Salt Marsh Seining.
The Education Department appreciates any and all help from our volunteer staff. For additional questions regarding the Living Lab series, please email the Education Team at education@gtmnerr.org.
Middle/High School Education Programs
Migrating Marshes: Students will measure and track salt marsh vegetation biodiversity and observe how drones can be used to measure changes on a larger scale. Students will also hike into the uplands ecosystem and observe and discuss natural resource uses, impacts, and conservation in the past and present. It is strongly recommended that students wear clothing they don’t mind getting wet and/or muddy.
Salt Marsh Seining: This field experiment explores water quality and organism diversity around Guana Dam. Students will seine in order to observe what species are in Guana River and Guana Lake while learning how to use state-of-the-art water quality and weather parameter collection technology. Topics discussed include dissolved oxygen, pH, salinity, water/air temperature and how these parameters affect biodiversity. It is strongly recommended that students wear clothing they don’t mind getting wet and/or muddy.