Texas High School Coastal Monitoring Program: 2014-2015

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INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................... 1 PROGRAM DESCRIPTION ....................................................................................... 2

Goals............................................................................................................... 2 Methods .......................................................................................................... 4 Training ........................................................................................................... 5 Data Management, Data Analysis, and Dissemination of Information............. 6 STUDENT, TEACHER, AND SCIENTIST INTERACTIONS DURING THE 2014?2015 ACADEMIC YEAR ............................................................... 7 Ball High School .............................................................................................. 9 Port Aransas High School ............................................................................. 10 Port Isabel High School................................................................................. 11 Matagorda Area Schools............................................................................... 12 Cunningham Middle School .......................................................................... 14 EFFECTS ON SCIENCE CURRICULUM ................................................................ 15 EFFECTS ON SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, COASTAL MANAGEMENT, AND PUBLIC AWARENESS ......................................................................... 16 SCIENTIFIC RESULTS OF 1997?2015 STUDIES .................................................. 20 CONCLUSIONS....................................................................................................... 32 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS .......................................................................................... 32 REFERENCES CITED............................................................................................. 33 APPENDIX A: PROFILE INFORMATION ................................................................ 34 APPENDIX B: GRAPHS OF VOLUME, SHORELINE, AND VEGETATION-LINE CHANGE...................................................................... 35 APPENDIX C: GRAPHS OF BEACH PROFILES .................................................... 42

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