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The History and Geography of Newtown Creek 

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The History and Geography of Newtown Creek 

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What did the land around the Creek look like pre-colonization? How was it formed? And how has it changed since?

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The History and Geography of Newtown Creek

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Newtown creek has gone through many transitions through the centuries. From pristine creek through salt marshes, to the center of an industry boom, the creek has hosted a variety of visitors and changes.

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An overview of CSO, its impact on water quality in the Creek, and ways to reduce it.

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A great place to start when learning about Newtown Creek

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Learn about the returning plants and animals to the shorelines of the Creek and challenges they still face.

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What is the Newtown Creek Watershed? What’s a sewarshed? How does the City’s sewage infrastructure relate to its waterways?

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Understanding the way in which water flows through Newtown Creek

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These are most likely the fish students will see during their visit in our education tanks!

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Created by the Newtown Creek Alliance to highlight specific issues, needs, and ongoing work around the waterway.

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Created by the Newtown Creek Alliance to highlight specific issues, needs, and ongoing work around the waterway. Many thanks to Arturo Moreno and Greta Garschagen for their work on the project.

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Learn about the Superfund investigation and cleanup of Newtown Creek.

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NY Harbor Estuary Species Identification Guide

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NY Harbor Estuary Species Identification Guide

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NOAA has a number of data-oriented activities for middle school students and up. Our favorite is Data in the Classroom: Water Quality.

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Monitoring Estuarine Water Quality: Teacher Resources

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Monitoring Estuarine Water Quality: Teacher Resources

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American Museum of Natural History Marine Biology Activities

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American Museum of Natural History Marine Biology Activities

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The AMNH has a variety of resources for kids in many different scientific disciplines, including marine biology activities.

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There are so many ways to live in the sea. Discover its wonder and why we care.

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Downloadable poster

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A video showing the life cycle of an oyster

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Collecting photos from Newtown Creek of various marine wildlife and birds.

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A visual describing some of the important ways bivalves are beneficial to waterways.

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Downloadable poster

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What we test the water for and why

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The water quality study measures salinity, oxygen, temperature, suspended sediment, chlorophyll, and the sewage indicating bacterium Enteroccocus. We use a lab equipped with the IDEXX Enterolert system to test for Enterococcus. Our water quality scoring is based on EPA’s Federal Recreational Water Quality Criteria for […]

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Explore the landscape before New York

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Downloadable Map

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Layers of the Past - historic maps of NYC

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Layers of the Past - historic maps of NYC

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This is a wonderful tool to see how New York has changed throughout time, layering historic maps onto modern-day New York City.

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A tool for searching and comparing nearly 200 historical maps across New York City.

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These are the directions of the different water quality tests done for Marine Ecology Exploration