Beavertail ~ Rocky Shore

Resources & References
WWW LINKS
Click on these links to learn more about the Beavertail area and Rocky Shores !

1. History of Beavertail Lighthouse and Museum
www.jamestownri.com/blma/blmahist.htm

2. The Evergreen Project's Rocky Shores
www.mobot.org/MBGnet/salt/rocky/index.htm

3. Habitat's Path: Rocky Shores
Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundation
www.mbayaq.org/hp/hp_rs.htm

4. Information on Rhode Island Early History
www.sec.state.ri.us/rihist/earlyh.htm

5. Wood's Hole Oceanographic Institute
www.whoi.edu/k-12/k12-resources.html

6. Lloyd Center Environmental Resource Room
www3.umassd.edu/public/exhibit/DES300/currmat.html

7. WCSN Marine Biology www.wcape.school.za/subject/biology/marine/index.htm

 

REFERENCES
The following sources were used in creating our rocky shore web site.

1.  Day, Cherie Hunter, Life on Intertidal Rocks: A Guide to Marine Life of the Rocky North Atlantic Coast, Berkley, CA: Nature Study Guide Company, 1987.

2.  "The Evergreen Project's Rocky Shores."  [online] http://www.mobot.org/MBGnet/salt/rocky/index.htm, 7/98.
 
3.  Hansen, Judith, Seashells in My Pocket: A Child's Nature Guide to Exploring the Atlantic Coast, Boston, MA: Appalachian Mountain Club Books, 1992.

4. " History of Beavertail Lighthouse and Museum." [online] http://www.jamestown.com/blmahist.htm, 7/98.

5.  Kricher, John, Peterson First Guides: Seashores, NY,NY: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1992.

6.   Lippincott, Betran,  Jamestown Sampler, Flourtown, PA: GO Printing Corporation, 1980.

7.  "Montery Bay Aquarium Foundation Habitats Path: Rocky Shores." [online] http://www.mbayaq.org/hp/hp_rs.htm, 7/98.

8.  Historic and Architectural Resources of Jamestown, Rhode Island Historical Preservation & Heritage Commission, 1995.

9.  "RI Early History," [online] http.//www.sec.state.ri.us/rihist/earlyh.htm

10. "Rocky Shores/rocky Intertidal Communities" http://erebus.bently.edu/sum97/ns314/ecosystem/rockcomm.html

11.  Seacoast Science Center: The Rocky Shore, Rye, NH: Audobon Society of New Hampshire, 1993.

 

TEACHER RESOURCES
The following are good sources for classroom use. Don't forget to check out on-line information in our links section.

1. Coulombe, Deborah A., The Seaside Naturalist, New York: Simon and Schuster, 1984.

2. Hansen, Judith, Seashells in My Pocket, Boston, MA:  Appalachian Mountain Club Books, 1992.

3. Kricher, John, and Morrison, Gordon, Peterson's Field Guide Coloring Books: Seashores, Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1989.

4. Parker, Steve, Eyewitness Books: Seashore, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1989.

5. Van Cleave, Janice, Oceans for Every Kid, New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1996.

6. Beachcombers: Guide to the North Atlantic Seashore, Lincoln, MA: Massachusetts Audobon Society, 1993.

7. A Guide to Rhode Island's Natural Places, Narragansett, RI: Rhode Island Sea Grant Publication, 1995.

8. The Ocean Book, Center for Marine Conservation,  New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1989.

9. On Sandy Shores, University of California at Berkely, CA:  Lawrence Hall of Science, 1996.

10. Pocket Naturalist: Eastern Seashore Life, Helena MT: Waterford Press Ltd., 1997.

11. Seacoast Science Center: The Rocky Shore, Rye, NH: Audobon Society of New Hampshire, 1993.

12. The Seashore: A First Discovery Book, New York: Scholastic, Inc., 1990.



Rocky Shore Table of Contents
Physical Characteristics ~ History
Land Use ~ Maps ~ Classroom Activities
Resources & References