Field Studies

Field studies coupled with classroom activities are an integral part of Meaningful Watershed Educational Experiences. Find a field study program that gets your students' feet wet and hands dirty.

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Fossils of Calvert Cliffs

Ten million years ago southern Maryland was a watery world inhabited by whales, snails crocodiles and giant sharks. Discover how the famous Calvert Cliffs were formed, examine teeth, jaws, shells, skulls, and other specimens from the paleontology collections. Learn how scientists collect these specimens and how they use them as clues in their study of the past.

Organization(s): Calvert Marine Museum
Location: 14200 Solomons Island Rd Solomons, MD 20688 (Map It)
Theme(s): Habitats and Critters, History and Culture
Level(s): Elementary School, Middle School, High School
Program Length(s): Day Trips
Keywords: ecosystem and biomes, erosion, sediment, soil and rocks, fish
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Distance Learning Programs

If you can't come to the museum, we can come to you through our Distance Learning Programs. We are very excited to offer these programs to people in our region, across the country and around the globe.

Organization(s): Calvert Marine Museum
Location: 14200 Solomons Island Rd Solomons, MD 20688 (Map It)
Theme(s): Habitats and Critters, History and Culture, Pollution and Pressures, Land Use and Agriculture
Level(s): Elementary School, Middle School, High School
Program Length(s): Day Trips
Keywords: pollution, wetland, land use, watershed, culture and watermen, ecosystem and biomes, erosion, forest, habitat and niche, John Smith and colonial times, Native American, sediment, soil and rocks, wildlife, fish, economics
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Poplar Island Restoration Tour

Poplar tours and educational programs are available to the public Mondays through Fridays, from March through November. Students will receive an abbreviated tour of Poplar Island while participating in a variety of wetland activities. A variety of topics such as water quality, erosion, relationship to the Port of Baltimore’s economic impact, wetland studies, terrapin studies, birding, Maryland’s Dredged Material Management Program, and restoration techniques can be tailored to fit your group.

Organization(s): Amry Corps of Engineers
Location: 21548 Chicken Point Rd. Tilghman, MD 21671 (Map It)
Theme(s): Habitats and Critters, Restoration
Level(s): Elementary School, Middle School, High School
Program Length(s): Day Trips
Keywords: pollution, wetland, ecosystem and biomes, erosion, habitat and niche, restoration, water quality, wildlife
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Hard Bargain Farm Overnight Field Study

The three major concepts that are taught during your trip to Hard Bargain Farm are watershed, biodiversity and adaptations, and cycles. Located on the Potomac River, students will see a watershed up close and personal, and learn how the land use decisions of our working farm influence the watershed. The core curriculum for field studies is comprised of the Habitat Hike and Farm Life Exploration programs. Throughout the hike and on the farm, students will make observations of biodiversity and how certain species of plants and animals have adapted to these ecosystems. Students will also study the energy cycle by identifying producers, consumers and decomposers in food chains and food webs.

Organization(s): Alice Ferguson Foundation
Location: 2001 Bryant Point Rd Accokeek, MD 20607 (Map It)
Theme(s): Habitats and Critters, Pollution and Pressures, Land Use and Agriculture
Level(s): Elementary School, Middle School
Program Length(s): Multi-Day Trips
Keywords: pollution, land use, agriculture, erosion, sediment, soil and rocks, stream study, water quality, water testing
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Clagett Farm Program

CBF’s 285-acre, organic working farm in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, provides both day and overnight programs that foster in-depth discussions about agriculture’s impact on the watershed. Exploring the farm by foot and hay wagon, or canoeing on the nearby, Patuxent River, students gain true awareness of environmental issues, sharpen critical thinking skills, and practice problem solving. Student action projects may be available. This meaningful watershed experience can be tailored to engage students in 2nd through 12th grade.

Organization(s): Chesapeake Bay Foundation
Location: 11904 Old Marlboro Pike Upper Marlboro, MD 20772 (Map It)
Theme(s): Habitats and Critters, Pollution and Pressures, Restoration, Land Use and Agriculture
Level(s): Elementary School, Middle School, High School
Program Length(s): Day Trips Multi-Day Trips
Keywords: non-point source, land use, agriculture, erosion
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Earth Science Programs at Harford Glen

This programs teach students about rocks and minerals by visiting local quarries.

Organization(s): Harford Glen Environmental Education Center
Location: 502 West Wheel Road Bel Air, MD 21015 (Map It)
Theme(s): Habitats and Critters
Level(s): High School
Program Length(s): Day Trips
Keywords: erosion, sediment, soil and rocks
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Erosion Exposes the Bay Program

Search for and excavate the fossil and sediment layers along the Pickering Creek shoreline. Learn how these exposed layers help people understand the history of the Chesapeake Bay.

Organization(s): Pickering Creek Audubon Center
Location: 11450 Audubon Lane Easton, MD 21601 (Map It)
Theme(s): Habitats and Critters, History and Culture
Level(s): Middle School
Program Length(s): Day Trips
Keywords: weather, erosion, sediment, soil and rocks
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It's Not Just Dirt Program

This second grade program will allow students the opportunity to observe, describe and compare land features and soil characteristics. Students will visit our soil pit to examine Howard County soil layer by layer, and feel the differences for themselves. We will get a bit dirty on this one!

Organization(s): Howard County Conservancy
Location: 10520 Old Frederick Road Woodstock, MD 21163 (Map It)
Theme(s): Habitats and Critters
Level(s): Elementary School
Program Length(s): Day Trips
Keywords: nitrogen and carbon cycle, erosion, sediment, soil and rocks
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Preserved Past, Endangered Present Program

Through this fourth grade program, students take a closer look at the grassland and forest habitats. Students will observe how natural processes, such as weather and erosion and human activities, such as farming and development, have shaped the landscape. They will also become archaeologists and learn how to excavate fossils.

Organization(s): Howard County Conservancy
Location: 10520 Old Frederick Road Woodstock, MD 21163 (Map It)
Theme(s): Habitats and Critters, History and Culture, Land Use and Agriculture
Level(s): Elementary School
Program Length(s): Day Trips
Keywords: weather, agriculture, erosion, forest
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Rock and Minerals Program

What are some of the rocks and minerals found in the Park? How were these rocks and minerals used by people in the past? Hike to find these rock and mineral formations.

Organization(s): Oregon Ridge Nature Center
Location: 13555 Beaver Dam Road Cockeysville, MD 21030 (Map It)
Theme(s): Habitats and Critters, Land Use and Agriculture
Level(s): Elementary School, Middle School, High School
Program Length(s): Day Trips
Keywords: erosion, sediment, soil and rocks
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Rocks Beneath Our Feet Program

This first grade program teaches students how rocks form, common rock and mineral identification, and a fun fossil game that puts a new twist on an ancient process. Students will become familiar with the rocks that make up Howard County literally under their feet.

Organization(s): Howard County Conservancy
Location: 10520 Old Frederick Road Woodstock, MD 21163 (Map It)
Theme(s): Habitats and Critters
Level(s): Elementary School
Program Length(s): Day Trips
Keywords: erosion, sediment, soil and rocks
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Soil Sleuths at Glen Echo Park

At Glen Echo Park the Living Classroom Foundation will guide your students through the Soil Sleuths hands-on program. Your students will get their hands dirty and investigate the world of soil. Students will investigate how rocks and leaves are broken down over time to become part of the soil and meet some of the critters that call the soil home.

Organization(s): Living Classrooms Foundation
Location: 7300 MacArthur Boulevard Glen Echo, MD 20812 (Map It)
Theme(s): Habitats and Critters
Level(s): Early Learning, Elementary School, High School
Program Length(s): Day Trips
Keywords: nitrogen and carbon cycle, erosion, habitat and niche, sediment, soil and rocks, wildlife
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Flag Ponds Nature Park School Programs

Come to Flag Ponds to explore how nature has reshaped the Chesapeake Bay shoreline over time. Millions of years ago, sharks, whales, crocodiles and other creatures inhabited the waters and shores of this area. Sharp-eyed students can hunt for sharks teeth and other Miocene fossils along the park's shoreline. From the early 1900's until 1955 the area supported a major "pound net" fishery supplying croaker, trout and herring to markets as far away as Baltimore. One "Buoy Hotel" that housed fishermen during the main season contains an exhibit on the Bay's old-time fishing industry. The park is also home to observation platforms at two ponds, a fishing pier on the Chesapeake Bay and a visitor's center with wildlife displays.

Organization(s): Calvert County Parks
Location: Flag Ponds Parkway St. Leonard, MD 20685 (Map It)
Theme(s): Habitats and Critters, History and Culture
Level(s): Elementary School, Middle School, High School
Program Length(s): Day Trips
Keywords: erosion, habitat and niche, sediment, soil and rocks, wildlife
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Explore Sideling Hill

Visitors to the Sideling Hill Exhibit Center have a unique opportunity to stop and view one of the best rock exposures in the northeastern United States. The four story exhibit center features interpretive displays, an orientation program, and tourism information.

Organization(s): Sideling Hill Exhibit Center
Location: Interstate 68 Hancock, MD 21750 (Map It)
Theme(s): Habitats and Critters
Level(s): High School
Program Length(s): Day Trips
Keywords: weather, erosion, sediment, soil and rocks
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Weather Wise Program

A third grade program that teaches students how to predict the weather based on different cloud formations, conduct weather experiments to increase their understanding of how weather elements form and discover how weather affects the environment.

Organization(s): Howard County Conservancy
Location: 10520 Old Frederick Road Woodstock, MD 21163 (Map It)
Theme(s): Habitats and Critters
Level(s): Elementary School
Program Length(s): Day Trips
Keywords: pollution, weather, watershed, erosion, sediment, soil and rocks
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Dirt Fourth Grade Program

This program gets students hands dirty with one of our most important natural resources, soil. Students will rotate through a series of stations demonstrating the biological, chemical and physical means by which rocks become part of soil. Then they hike to observe local landforms and how the Big Elk Creek and its tributaries have helped shaped the landscape of Fair Hill. The students also see first hand how people impact the land and how through various practices they can help prevent soil erosion.

Organization(s): Fair Hill Nature Center
Location: 630 Tawes Drive Elkton, MD 21921 (Map It)
Theme(s): Habitats and Critters, Land Use and Agriculture
Level(s): Elementary School
Program Length(s): Day Trips
Keywords: nitrogen and carbon cycle, pollution, non-point source, land use, erosion, sediment, soil and rocks
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The Bay Way

This program is designed to give students an overall view of the Chesapeake Bay. The history, geography, economic development, and industrial growth of the Bay are all explored through an examination of specialized occupations and artifacts.

Organization(s): Mariners' Museum
Location: 100 Museum Drive Newport News, VA 23606 (Map It)
Theme(s): Habitats and Critters, History and Culture, Pollution and Pressures, Land Use and Agriculture
Level(s): Elementary School, Middle School
Program Length(s): Day Trips
Keywords: pollution, population growth, land use, watershed, development, culture and watermen, erosion, John Smith and colonial times, water quality
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