Newtown Creek Resources by Newtown Creek Alliance

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?

Introduction to Combined Sewer Overflow

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

Water Quality Story Map

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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?

Newtown Creek Interactive Map

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

Introduction to Superfund

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Learn about the Superfund investigation and cleanup of Newtown Creek.

Intertidal Wildlife in Newtown Creek

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

NOAA Teacher Resources and Curriculum

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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.

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.

Newtown Creek Overview Video

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A great place to start when learning about Newtown Creek

Bivalves in Newtown Creek Visual

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Oyster Life Cycle Video

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A video showing the life cycle of an oyster

River Keeper Website

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What we test the water for and why

NY Harbor Estuary Species Identification Guide

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Birds Of Newtown Creek Poster

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Downloadable poster

Marine Wildlife of Newtown Creek Poster

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Downloadable poster

Ribbed Mussel Survey in Newtown Creek

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Wildlife of Newtown Creek Flicker

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Newtown Creek Map

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Downloadable Map

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Classroom Tank Fish ID

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

Water Quality Tests Used in Classroom

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

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.

The Welikia Project

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Explore the landscape before New York