Lessons / Educational Resource Inventory

BTNEP has developed many resource materials including videos, posters and CDs available free of charge. The Educator's Guide to the Barataria-Terrebonne Estuary is now available online. Please check back frequently for workshop details, photo gallery and video clip library, coming soon! All materials are available by contacting jenny@btnep.org. Highlighted and underlined items are available for immediate download right from this page.
If your school district is interested in scheduling free educator workshops please contact Alma Robichaux by email: alma@btnep.org.

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WETMAAP Teacher Workshop

January 03, 2011

July 21-22, 2009 The goals of the WETMAAP workshops are to: introduce educators to wetland habitats' functions and values introduce educators and students to wetland mapping, digital databases, and GIS ...

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Spirit of the Estuary Teacher Workshops

January 03, 2011

Spirit of the Estuary Teacher Workshops for Educators Grades 5-12 Title: Spirit of the Estuary Workshops Description: 3, 4, or 6 hour sessions Contact Person: Susan Bergeron at 800-259-0869 or ...

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Wings over the Wetlands

December 28, 2010

This video examines the importance of South Louisiana's wetland habitats to the many birds that either call this region home or who depend on it as they pass through during ...

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Rescuing the Treasure

December 28, 2010

A sequel to Haunted Waters, Fragile Lands, describing the importance of estuaries and restoration techniques. * Video Clips Download: http://educators.btnep.org/default.asp?id=63 (Entire Video Runtime 27:00 mins)

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Bayou Lafourche, The Longest Street in the World

December 28, 2010

A fascinating documentary that captures the history, culture, lifestyle, environmental troubles and emerging ecological solutions of the 100-mile ribbon of bayou that weaves through the Barataria-Terrebonne Estuary. Through the lens ...

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Haunted Waters, Fragile Lands - Oh, What Tales to Tell!

December 28, 2010

An award winning documentary on the cultural, geologic, and environmental history of the Barataria-Terrebonne National Estuary System. Four 15-minute segments: The Many Peoples; Frontlands and Backlands; Trembling Prairies; Life from ...

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When You Were My Age

December 28, 2010

Oral history interview technigues and information on the Bayou Lafourche Oral History Project. LA Grade Level Expectations for 8th Grade. Click When You Were My Age to download(PDF 380 k). ...

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WETMAAP: Golden Meadow and Cocodrie

December 28, 2010

Interested in using satellite images, habitat (groundcover) maps, and topographic maps to learn about the Louisiana coast? Check out WETMAAP (Wetland Education Through Maps and Aerial Photography). BTNEP paid the ...

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EstuaryLIVE!

December 28, 2010

In the Fall of 2003, the EstuaryLIVE! program came to the Barataria-Terrebonne Estuary to explore the habitats of our coastal environments. It is now an interactive virtual field trip accessible ...

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Vanishing Wetlands, Vanishing Future

December 28, 2010

This zany video on the BTNEP seven priority problems is in the style of Bill Nye the Science Guy and is best suited for middle school, though the vocabulary is ...

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