HRECOS data can help you connect your students to the estuary and help you keep pace with Next Generation standards for science education. Together with educators like you, we’ve developed lesson plans and other tools to support your projects and programs. You also can use our real-time data and historic data sets to develop activities and programs of your own.
Lesson Plans
Using Real-Time Data
IntroductionGrade: High School
Temperature's Impact on Sea Level RiseGrade: 5-8
Field CollectionGrade: High School
pH and RainfallGrade: High School
Oxygen, Plants, and the Hudson River
Lesson 1Grade: High School
A Virtual Checkup of a River’s Vitals: Using Remotely Sensed Data
Lesson 1Grade:
Wading Into the Hudson
Lesson 1Grade:
How Much Oxygen Is In the Water?
Lesson 1Grade: 4-5
Dissolved Oxygen and Photosynthesis
Lesson 1Grade: High School
Lesson 2Grade: High School
Interested in a Day in the Life of the Hudson?
Learn more about how to participate in this annual river-wide event that celebrates our unique estuary.
Students will know how to retrieve data from a real-time data website, be able to explain and pose questions about data from two locations on the Hudson River.
Grade Level: High School
Time Required: 3-5 class periods
Authors: Cornelia Harris- Cary Institute. This lesson is part of the Changing Hudson Project curriculum.
Students will know how to retrieve data from a real-time data website and be able to explain and
pose questions about the relationship between global warming and water level rise in the Hudson River Estuary.
Grade Level: 5-8
Time Required: 1-2 class periods
Authors: Alene Onion- HRECOS Coordinator, Hudson River Estuary Program.
Students will know how water quality parameters change over location and time, and compare collected data with real-time data collected by scientific instruments in the Hudson River.
Grade Level: High School
Time Required: 1-2 Class Periods
Authors: Cornelia Harris- Cary Institute. This lesson is part of the Changing Hudson Project curriculum.
Students will know how to retrieve data from a real-time data website, be able to explain and pose questions about the relationship between pH and rainfall data from two locations on the Hudson River.
Grade Level: High School
Time Required: 1-2 class periods
Authors: Cornelia Harris- Cary Institute. This lesson is part of the Changing Hudson Project curriculum.
Updated in April 2024! This presentation goes deeper into river parameters with HRECOS. By using case studies and curated HRECOS graphs, students can investigate weather, water chemistry, and biological phenomena. Notes for each slide provide background content and instructions for teachers.
Wading into the Hudson is an introduction to the Hudson River estuary essentials, including tides, currents, salinity, and climate change. And its all taught through interpreting graphs and images. Slides include notes and instructions for teachers.