Oyster Resource Center
A Great Overall Web sites:
Maryland Sea Grant Oysters in the Classroom
Georgia Sea Grant Extension Oyster Activities
Oyster Anatomy
General oyster dissection.
Detailed dissection suitable for
advanced classes or college-level students.
A
you-tube video of an oyster's
beating heart.
Filtration by Oysters
Animation showing the structure and
function of bivalve filtration.
The Sea Grant handout that we used
during the PLANS summer workshop.
Have students try to out-filter an
oyster in this open-ended activity.
A
time-lapse video of oysters
clearing an aquarium of algae.
A Bay Journal article on the
importance of oyster filtration
COSEE lab-based activity
that engages students in observational research.
The Making of Pearls
http://www.bwsmigel.info/GEOL.115.ESSAYS/Gemology.Natural.Pearl.html
http://www.humantouchofchemistry.com/pearls
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeqtLl4313M&feature=related
