Program
The Chesapeake Bay Water Quality Project
Bring The Chesapeake Bay Into Your Classroom
Photograph by Jackie Karsten
The Chesapeake Bay Water Quality Project aims to connect students and citizen scientists to their local watershed and to the larger Chesapeake Bay watershed. Through the use of innovative GIS mapping tools and educator resources, students and citizens alike will learn more about this unique estuary and be inspired to take positive actions that will help restore this natural treasure.
Classroom Resources
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The World's Water
The world's increasing population and development of agricultural land are putting pressure on the Earth's limited freshwater supplies. Find out what's at stake and how you can help.
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Water Calculator
Figure out your footprint, then join hundreds of website visitors who together have pledged to save thousands of gallons a day.
Environmental Literacy
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Teacher Guides for Grades 3-8
Download free, reader-friendly guides for teaching critical environmental topics—the ocean, climate change, and energy—in the classroom.