Meet Your Bay: Netarts

• This video explores the geographical features, aquaculture, biodiversity, and daily tidal patterns of Netarts Bay on the Oregon coast.
• Students will learn about the small creeks that flow into Netarts Bay, the bay's sandbars and mudflats, the size of the bay and its watershed, and the shellfish reserve at the bay's south end.

Positives

• This video does an excellent job comparing Netarts Bay to the other bays in Tillamook County.
• Students in the K-5 range should have no issues understanding this video and the "bird" narrator will be fun for younger students to listen to.
  

Additional Prerequisites

• Students need to know the following terms: bay, estuary, watershed, sandbars, mudflats, tides, freshwater, saltwater, and spit. 
• A commercial may play before the video starts.

Differentiation

• This video could supplement a lesson about the importance of protecting animals, and how maintaining the health of ecosystems can be beneficial to humans.
• This video could be shown as an example of scientific knowledge leading to the protection of wildlife and their natural habitats.
• This video could supplement a lesson on how daily tidal patterns can affect the behavior of animals.
• In a language arts class, students could be asked multiple-choice questions that gauge their understanding of the material.
• This can support lessons about climate change or the importance of natural habitats by providing a basis of understanding about ecosystems and the many types of animals that rely on them.

This is a quick overview of Netarts Bay in Tillamook County, Oregon, provided by Friends of Netarts Bay - WEBS video resource. An endearing and educational cartoon Belted Kingfisher named Bel narrates the video. Bel first provides a thorough explanation of the interaction between the tides from the ocean and the streams that run into the bay to form an estuary, after which he goes on to list the various species that inhabit the bay. Originally created for first graders, this resource is entertaining enough for older pupils as well. It is advised to use this resource while instructing.

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