Additional Resources
Access resources outside of Living Classrooms Foundation that may help in your trip
preparations.
• Funding Resources
The Chesapeake Bay Trust
• Links for information on the Chesapeake Bay
National
Aquarium in Baltimore
List of Chesapeake Bay resources for teachers.
Alliance
for the Chesapeake Bay
Excellent list of education resources for the Chesapeake
Bay (Adobe Acrobat file).
Sites Alive
Devoted to students' online learning. Excellent activities with rotating curriculum ideas.
Maintaining
Strong Fisheries Blue Crab Game
Main objectives: Learn the environmental threats to a species: Understand the need for regulation of fishing and protection of the organism's habitat: Identify the different points of view of fishers (watermen) and resource managers. Download this game to explore the dynamics of habitat and ecology.
Maryland State Departments
of Education
This site lists grant opportunities and school performance ratings. Also includes news updates and opportunities for outreach programs and other funding sources.
Chesapeake Bay Ecological Foundation
Inc.
The primary goal of Chesapeake Bay Ecological Foundation, Inc. is to educate
the public and work with various State and Federal Agencies to provide current
data on any relevant matters involving the quality of water and the living resources
within and surrounding the Chesapeake Bay. Atmospheric deposition of nitrogen
is threatening the Bay's health and is one of our main concerns since nitrogen
levels are increasing throughout most of the rivers on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.
We have been asking state officials since 1985 to reduce power plant emissions
in Maryland. A substantial reduction of atmospheric pollution would improve the
water quality throughout the entire Chesapeake Bay.
Academy
of Natural Sciences Estuarine Research Center (ANSERC)
Chesapeake Bay Program
Includes related links
Save our streams
Information about adopting a stream
Storm Drain Stenciling
Earth water stencils provides information on storm drain stenciling ideas
as recommended by the EPA.
Chesapeake Bay Foundation
(CBF)
Fish
glossary
Chesapeake
Bay Satellite Image
Chesapeake
Bay watershed interactive satellite image
Northeast Fisheries Science
Center (NMFS & NOAA)
Smithsonian
Institute
Engaging marine facts from the Smithsonian
Alliance for the Chesapeake
Bay
Blue Crab Archives
NOAA Education
Excellent resource for teacher and student opportunities to get involved. Grant requests special programs and event days plus more.
The Globe Program
Bay Journal
Online version of Alliance for the Chesapeake bi-monthly journal with many bay related articles.
Maryland Sea Grant
Science and education information about the bay.
Maryland Department of Natural
Resources
Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Estuary Live
Estuary information, lesson plans, etc...
Maryland
Watermen's Association
Get their perspective on many bay issues!
EPA
Report on conditions of the Mid Atlantic Estuaries
The Great
Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race Educational Pages
Topics covered include: What
is a Schooner?, Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Teacher Resources, Schooner Related
Web Sites, Elizabeth River Project, Sea Chanties
• Curriculum projects, films, slides and related field trips
Curriculum Projects
Decision-Making: The Chesapeake Bay
The major goal of this curriculum is for students to identify and analyze conflicting interests, issues, and public policies concerning the Chesapeake Bay. Youth then determine their effects on people and their environment. Instructional time can range from 15 class sessions to an entire semester. Through the 5 educational components (introduction, videotape, simulation, reference source and application) educators may choose to use the materials independently or incorporated into existing instructional units. Instructor training is required.
Publication date: 1985
Cost: $14.95 (includes shipping)
Maryland Sea Grant
Univ. of Maryland
0112 Skinner Hall
College Park, MD 20742
Phone: 301-405-6376
Living in Water
The National Aquarium's student aquatic science curriculum. A superb collection of hands-on activities and experiments which would assist in preparing students for the science stations. You can order a copy from Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company at 1-800-228-0810 or you can place an order with Kendall/Hunt online. Price: $23.95 plus shipping (subject to change). Visit the National Aquarium Website for information on obtaining this curriculum: http://www.aqua.org/education/teachers/water.html
Golden Legacy Series
A collection of easy to read illustrated magazines that portray the history of
famous black men and women. To obtain the series or the individual books, visit:
http://www.golden-legacy.com/
Films
Estuary - 28 minutes - for middle and high schools students. Available
from Virginia Institute of Estuarine Science (VIMS) - Gloucester Point, VA 23062
Chesapeake Horizons - 27 minutes - for middle and high school students.
Available from Chesapeake Bay Foundation
Watermen of the Chesapeake - 28 minutes - for middle and high school students.
Available from VIMS, Gloucester Point, VA 23062
A Question of Balance - VHS, 25 minutes - for middle and high school students.
Available from University of Maryland, Sea Grant, 1224 H.J. Patterson Hall, College
Park, MD 20742
Chesapeake: Twilight Estuary - 40 minutes - for middle and high school
students. A documentary treating the investigation of a major environmental mystery
- the disappearance of sea grasses from the Chesapeake Bay. Available from University
of Maryland, Sea Grant, 1224 H.J. Patterson Hall, College Park, MD 20742
Chesapeake - Great Shellfish Bay - 30 minutes - Available from Elephant’s
Childs Production, Rt. 1, Box 147-K, Queenstown, MD 21658. Phone (301) 827-6667.
Steps in Time: Scenes from 1840 Baltimore - an excellent video for middle
and high school students, that brings the 1840 Hutchinson household to life and
vividly illustrates the impact of racial conflicts, class distinctions, health
problems, reform movements and interpersonal relationships on members of the households.
Available from City Life Museums, 800 E. Lombard St., Baltimore, MD 21202.
Slides
Bay Field Trip Slide Collection: 44 slides for all ages from the National Aquarium in Baltimore.
Maryland and Baltimore Maritime History Slide Show: 20 slides with a script for all ages available from Maryland Historical Society, 201 W. Monument St., Baltimore, MD 21201
The Chesapeake: What it means to you - Part I - 53 slides with narration. Part II - 45 slides with narration. Great for middle and high school students. Available from University of Maryland, Sea Grant, 1224 H.J. Patterson Hall, College Park, MD 20742.
Related Field Trips
Some field trips may be used as additional pre-trip preparation. The following museums provide excellent background for Chesapeake Bay Maritime History:
• The Radcliffe Maritime Museum at the Maryland Historical Society.
• Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels.
• Calvert Maritime Museum in Solomons Island.