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Respect the Beach
(RTB) is an award-winning coastal
educational program that includes field trips,
classroom lectures, handouts, video, and hands-on
projects designed to explain coastal watershed processes,
shoreline ecology and coastal areas stewardship
to K-12 students and community groups. The Respect
the Beach program is brought into classrooms
by Surfrider members, who represent ocean environmentalism
from the surfer's perspective, and who are role
models that students can relate to. |
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Beachology
uses a variety of learning formats to explore many aspects of our
sandy shores...
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Watershed
Works
utilizes activities designed around simple models that simulate
land and water...
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Sea
To Summit: A Journey Through the Watershed
As part of the Watershed Works series, this video traces
the entire hydrological cycle, using a mix of computer
generated graphics and filmed footage plus appearances
by skateboarding legend Tony Hawk, top women's snowboarder
Tara Dakides and professional surfers Donavon Frankenreiter,
Brad Gerlach and Jodie Nelson. The video is also narrated
by renowned ESPN and X-Games commentator Sal Masakela. |
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 Kids Activity Sheet
This
fun Kids Activity Sheet includes the following: The
life cycle of various types of trash that show up
in the coastal environment; the energy saved with
trash recycling; a clever 'Coastal Crossword Puzzle';
a maze to recycle trash; and an enjoyable find-the-beach-words
game. |
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 Roxy's Rough Ride to the Beach
The story of Roxy the Rock and her travels from the top of the watershed to the beach tells how natural erosion creates beaches. The story is taken from our Beachology series and illustrated by students in the Mentoring Young Scientists program at the Virginia Aquarium. |
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200+ community outreach campaigns |
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900 presentations of Surfrider's
education program, Respect the Beach |
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8,000+ beach water tests taken |
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600 beach cleanups, 125+ meetings
and events involving city, county, and state gevernments were
attended by Surfrider Chapter representatives |
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140,000+ volunteer hours!! |
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At our national office in San Clemente,
CA, we also offer university level students the ability to do worthwhile
INTERNSHIPS.
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