Long Island Sound Study 

Long Island Sound Study

 

FOR KIDS AND TEACHERS: Tour of Long Island Sound

Long Island Sound Study Virtual Tour - Click here to get started! 

Take a Tour of Long Island Sound
was made by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Wetlands, Oceans, and Watersheds with help from the Long Island Sound Study. Please check back soon to find more interesting features about the Sound.

More information for for kids and teachers

Glossary of Long Island Sound-related terms

Undersea Tour

More web sites for kids and teachers


www.epa.gov/owow/estuaries/kids/
Learn more about estuaries.

www.epa.gov/kids
Home to U.S. EPA’s Explorer’s Kids Club.

www.education.noaa.gov/
Learn about oceans and coasts, climate change and our planet, and weather in the “especially for kids and students” sections.

www.oceanconservancy.org/
The website for the largest and oldest organization dedicated to protecting oceans has information on fish and wildlife, and threats to our oceans, including pollution, polluted runoff, and invasive species.

www.nwf.org/kids
Home of “Ranger Rick”; site features information about conservation and wildlife for all children’s age groups.

www.sea.edu/k12lessonplans/k12pgmtop.htm
K-12 lesson plans created by the Woods Hole Sea Education Association. The lesson plans are listed by grade level and topic. Several of them were designed by teachers who have participated in the Sea Education Association Experience program.

  

Long Island Sound Study  
EPA Long Island Sound Office
888 Washington Boulevard 
Stamford, CT 06904-2152
Phone: (203) 977-1541  Fax: (203) 977-1546

 

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