Bronx River Classroom: The Inside Track for Educators
(Need a hard copy of the guide? Contact us: 1-718-430-4614, damian.griffin@parks.nyc.gov)

Bronx River Alliance
Anne-Marie Runfola, Education Coordinator
Jill Weiss, Consultant
The Bronx River Educator Guide Work Team

Educator Guide Openers

• Title Page
• Acknowledgements
• Contents
• Letter from the Bronx River Alliance Education Coordinator
• Bronx River Alliance: Mission

Navigating the Guide

A Sense of Place

• Checkerboard Outlines
• Nature Journaling
• Sound Byte Map

Is the Bronx River Healthy?

• Reading the River
• River Interview
• Watered States

Ecosystems

• Organism Survey
• Walking the Bronx River Forest

What is a Watershed?

• Create a Rainstorm
• Mapping the Bronx River Watershed
• Enviroscape Model
• Is a Storm Drain a Trashcan?
• The Long and Winding Road
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Getting the Dirt on Soil

• Bronx River Soil Composition
• River Rush, Stone Slide, Swept Away
• Trickle Down with Filtration

Issues and Action

• Debate: Industry on the Bronx River
• Speak Up for a Clean Bronx River!
• Take Action!

Site Descriptions

• Muskrat Cove
• 219th St. to 211th St./Bronx Park (Shoelace Park)
• Bronx River Forest, Burke Bridge
• New York Botanical Garden
• Bronx Zoo/Mitsubishi Riverwalk
• River Park/180th Street at Boston Road
• Drew Gardens
• Starlight Park
• Concrete Plant Park
• Hunts Point Riverside Park
• Soundview Park

Appendix

• Contacts and Partners
• Government Contacts
• Native Plants and Animals of the Bronx River Corridor
• Resources and Bibliography
• Web Resources and Bibliography
• Glossary

Copyright 2007, Bronx River Alliance. All Rights Reserved
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Bronx River Alliance
Bronx River Educator Guide Inquiry
1 Bronx River Parkway
Bronx, NY 10462
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