Students will investigate the quality of water by collecting data on parameters including temperature, salinity, pH, dissolved oxygen, turbidity, nitrates, and nitrites. They will determine what it means for water to be "safe," and identify what causes can alter water quality.

Students will explore water pollution in their own backyard by using a variety of tools. They will investigate the quality of a nearby water source, and they will solve a water-based mystery by tracking pollution to its most likely source.

Students explore the importance of submerged aquatic vegetation and seagrass, how to identify them, why they are in decline, and how they can be restored.

Students will explore the origins and consequences of our use of microplastics. They will illustrate the journey of a piece of discarded plastic and the events that transform it back into microplastics. They will examine the data that reveals the pervasive impact it is having on water and wildlife throughout the world. They will also propose possible solutions to curb microplastics pollution.

Students investigate a small urban marsh restoration project and explore the impacts it has on the flora and fauna at the mouth of Bayou Saint John. They identify unexpected side effects of the project and work together to propose their own mini-marsh restoration project.

Students will explore the origins and consequences of marine debris. They will illustrate the journey of a piece of discarded plastic and the events that occur as it enters a waterway. They will examine the data that reveals the pervasive impact it is having on water and widlife throughout the world. They will also propose possible solutions to curb marine debris.

Students explore stakeholder perspectives, the consequences of the loss of wetlands, and possible alternatives to the destruction of these valuable resources

Students explore the causes of coastal land loss and possible solutions for coastal towns, like Phoenix, LA and nearby communities.

Students explore the choices communities face as they grapple with the effects of climate change in this five-day introduction to climate change and migration.

In this lesson, students examine an article about a tiny island community off the Louisiana Coast and discuss how it is being affected by the changing ecosystem.