National Estaurine Research Reserve

Educational Materials

Lesson Plans

Coming soon...

• A House for a Hermit Crab (grades PreK-4)
• Ocean Movements (grades K-3)
• Water Babies (grades 1-4)
• Exploring the estuary (grades 1-5)
• Fish Forms (grades 2-6)
• Salt Marsh Players (grades 3-6)
• Water,Water Everywhere (grades 3-5)
• Cool Crabs (grades 4-8)
• Estuary Keeper (grades 4-10)
• Marsh Myster Water (grades 4-12)
• Fishing for Red Drum (grades 5-8)
• Fiddle Facts (grades 5-12)
• Tides of Time (grades 6-12)
• Shore Profiles (grades 8-12)

Activity Booklets

Coming Soon...

• Exploring an Estuary
• Maritime Forests

Videos

Coming soon...Waters of Life

Field Guide

A field guide to the North Carolina National Estuarine Research Reserve and other sites of the North Carolina Coastal Reserve:

• Introduction
• Chapter 1-The North Carolina Coast
• Chapter 2-Sites of the Coastal Reserve
• Chapter 3-Habitats of the Estuarine Reserve
• Chapter 4-Flora and Fauna 

Rachel Carson Trail Guide:  A brochure detailing the trail on the Rachel Carson site (pdf).

Checklist of the Fishes Documented from the Zeke's Island and Masonboro Island Components of the North Carolina National Estuarine Research Reserve (pdf). 

Research Materials

Site Profile

• Table of Contents
• Chapter 1: Introduction
• Chapter 2: Currituck Banks
• Chapter 3: Rachel Carson
• Chapter 4: Masonboro Island
• Chapter 5: Zeke's Island
• Appendices
• References

Phragmites australis removal project at Currituck Banks

Management Plan...coming soon

• Table of Contents/Acknowledgments/Acronyms/Executive Summary
• Reserve Goals Figure
• Introduction
• Administration Plan
• Education Plan
• Research and Monitoring Plan
• Stewardship Plan
• Land acquisition and Boundary Expansion
• Appendices – available upon request

Coastal Training Program's Technical Publications