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Lessons from the Bay (home page)
- Process Model Print version: (PDF) • (Word)
- About the Watershed—An Instructional Framework Print version:
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(Word)
- I. The History of the Chesapeake Bay and its Watershed
- II. Geology of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed
- III. Water and Sediments
- IV. Elements of a Watershed
- V. The Chesapeake Bay Watershed as an Ecological System
- VI. Conservation, Restoration, and Stewardship of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed
- VII. Chesapeake Bay Watershed Issues and Trends: Alternatives and Consequences
- VIII. Careers for Water Enthusiasts
- Lesson Plans
- Journey of a Raindrop to the Chesapeake Bay Print version: (PDF) • (Word)
- Does It Soak Right In? Print version: (PDF) • (Word)
- Wetlands: Here All Year? Print version: (PDF) • (Word)
- Types of Pollution Print version: (PDF) • (Word)
- Stream Creatures: Clues to Stream Health Print version: (PDF) • (Word)
- Muddying the Waters Print version: (PDF) • (Word)
- Grasses, Grasses Everywhere Print version: (PDF) • (Word)
- Who Killed SAV? (PDF only)
- Schoolyard Grass Worksheet (PDF) • (Word)
- Who Killed SAV? Print version: (PDF) • (Word)
- Background
- Session 1
- Session 2
- Classroom Assessment Suggestions
- Extensions for Students
- Resources
- Supplements
- A River Runs through It Print version: (PDF) • (Word)
- Riparian Buffers Print version: (PDF) • (Word)
- Captain John Smith's Chesapeake Bay Print version: (PDF) • (Word)
- Succession and Forest Habitats Print version: (PDF) • (Word)
- Bay and Pond Food Webs Print version: (PDF) • (Word)
- Native vs. Non-native Species: Who Will Win? Print version: (PDF) • (Word)
- Wasting Water Print version: (PDF) • (Word)
- Going for Water Print version: (PDF) • (Word)
- Project Action Guide
- Part 1: To the Teacher Print version: (PDF) • (Word)
- Part 2: Getting Started Print version: (PDF) • (Word)
- Part 3: Projects Print version: (PDF) • (Word)
- Part 4: Project Recognition Print version: (PDF) • (Word)
- Part 5: Tool Kit Print version: (PDF) • (Word)
- Videotaping a Project
- Directions
- "Behind the Scenes Plan" worksheet (PDF) • (Word)
- Resources for Using Videotaping in Environmental Projects
- Keeping a Journal
- Using Maps
- Mapping the Schoolyard
- Using the Library Media Center for Project Research
- Using the World Wide Web for Project Research
- Writing Business Letters
- Directions
- Sample Business Letter (PDF) • (Word)
- Getting Help from Guest Speakers
- Making Business Telephone Calls
- Speaking to Promote a Project
- Writing Publications to Promote a Project
- Preparing Graphs and Charts
- Choosing and Using Clip Art
- Preparing a Press Release
- Directions
- Sample Press Release (PDF) • (Word)
- Designing a Web Page
- Videotaping a Project
- Glossary Print version: (PDF) • (Word)
- A [abiotic factors—autumn-flowering clematis]
- B [bacteria–bush honeysuckle]
- C [caddis fly–cultural eutrophication]
- D [damsel fly–drainage basin]
- E [E. coli–extinct]
- F [fecal coliform–fungus]
- G-H [garbage–hypothesis]
- I-J-K [immiscible–kudzu]
- L-M [lake–mussels]
- N-O [natural selection–oyster]
- P [parameter–purple dead nettle]
- Q-R [Q factor–runoff]
- S [sample–suspended sediment]
- T-U-V [Taxa–velocity of a stream]
- W-X-Y-Z [water column–zooplankton]
- Lessons from the Bay Watershed Gallery
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