The Chesapeake Bay is the largest estuary in the United States. Its watershed encompasses 64,000 square miles, is home to 17,000,000 people, and includes all or portions of six states. The Bay is also home to approximately 3,600 plants and animals and serves as an economic and recreation resource for humans. But the Bay is suffering.
During this program, students will examine the resources of the Chesapeake Bay, from the years before early European settlement to today. By exploring the changes in the Bay over time, students will discover the factors that have contributed to its decline. The program concludes with a discussion of the changes students can make in their daily lives to improve the health of the Chesapeake Bay, or any other watershed in which they may live.
Participating classes will receive the supplies necessary to perform their own environmental cleanup, and will have the opportunity to post their images and clean-up statistics to a special website
Development of this program was provided by the CHESAPEAKE BAY GATEWAYS NETWORK
Linking individuals with ways they can enjoy and protect the Chesapeake Bay
www.baygateways.net
This on-demand program is $100.
Anne Marie Millar
distancelearning@MarinersMuseum.org
100 Museum Drive
Newport News, VA 23606
United States
Phone: (757) 591-7748
