California Coastal Voices

Resources for A Sense of Nature: Who's at the Beach

Download student readings.

Who's at the Beach Thematic Slideshow

Invitation to Engage: Access and Equity in California Parks

• Esri's GeoInquiries
• Esri Story Maps
• Parks for All Californians GIS Park Access tool
• Parks for All Californians GIS Community FactFinder

A Guide to Leading a Field Experience

• Exploring a Local Park, Project Learning Tree
• California State Parks Guides for Educators
• A Guide to the Side of the Sea
• Agua Pura: Examining Salmon and Steelhead in California Communities
• Field activities from Our Wetlands, Our World
• Resources for Outdoor Science Instructors, from UC Berkeley
• Outdoor Teaching Tips, from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology

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Teacher Guide:

Download unit packet.

• California State Parks PORTS Program
• Who's at the Beach Thematic Slide Show
• Week One and Two Suggested Online Resources:
  • Esri, Understanding Spatial Relationships and Pattern
  • National Geography, Geospatial Revolution
  • NOAA Digital Coast
• Week Two and Three Suggested Online Resources:
  • UC Museum of Paleontology, Understanding Science, The Science Checklist Applied
  • Parks Forward
  • Free the Beach! Public Access, Equal Justice, and the California Coast
• Week Three and Four Suggested Online Resources:
  • California Coastal Commission, Sea Level Rise Science
  • Protected Area Tourism in a Changing Climate
  • Climate Change And Your National Parks
  • California State Parks, Cool Parks

Student Checklist in Word