Download power point presentations that introduce you to the NERRS, help you guide an educational activity, and/or help you lecture about an estuary from a specific NERRS site.

• Estuary Soup: Use this presentation to teach the basics on estuarine ecology and learn about NOAA’s protected system of estuaries (In development).
  
  
• A protected system of estuaries: Use this presentation to introduce your students to NOAA’s National Estuarine Research Reserve System (In development).
  
  
• Rookery Bay NERR, Education PowerPoint: Use this presentation to engage your students in learning about the Rookery Bay reserve, which is located in Naples, Florida and represents one of the few remaining undisturbed mangrove estuaries in North America. Teach them the value of estuaries; the importance of mangroves; how humans have affected the estuaries and their health; the importance of biodiversity; and how you can become involved with Rookery Bay. Read through the instructions for download; download the presentation (23.9MB), and/or download the script (PDF) that goes with the presentation.
  
  
• North Carolina NERR, Education PowerPoint (13.6MB): Use this presentation to engage your students in learning about the North Carolina reserve. Teach them about the importance of salt marshes; about the North Carolina NERR, the people that work in the reserve and the role of the reserve in research and education.