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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Emerging Scientist Project

The Emerging Scientist Project (ESP) connects high school classrooms with local NOAA resources to expose students to oceanic and atmospheric research in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. The program encourages students to pursue scientific careers and challenges them to seek local solutions to problems facing the Bay. ESP has been used by biology, environmental science, and other science teachers to assist in teaching standards and concepts while actively engaging their students in local environmental issues.This flexible program is designed to be carried out over the course of one semester during normally scheduled classes.

Organization(s): National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Location: 410 Severn Ave Annapolis, MD 21403 (Map It)
Theme(s): Habitats and Critters, Pollution and Pressures, Land Use and Agriculture
Level(s): High School
Program Length(s): Multi-Day Trips
Keywords: nitrogen and carbon cycle, pollution, point source, non-point source, wetland, land use, watershed, agriculture, blue crab, development, aquatic grass SAV, ecosystem and biomes, experiments and investigations, forest, habitat and niche, stream study, water quality, water testing, wildlife, salinity, fish, dissolved oxygen, student action
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Build-a-Buoy (BABs)

Students as young as kindergarteners can learn basic principles of science, technology, engineering, and math, as well as marine navigation and observation, through Build-a-Buoy projects, where budding Bay stewards design and build the basic structure of a buoy using PVC pipe. The buoys must float in shallow water and incorporate a platform to hold golf balls or other similar objects. The students build the buoy, float it, and add golf balls until it tips over. Through this part of the exercise, the students learn concepts of buoyancy, symmetry, and balance.

Organization(s): National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Location: 904 S. Morris Street Oxford, MD 21654 (Map It)
Theme(s): Habitats and Critters, Pollution and Pressures
Level(s): Early Learning, Elementary School, Middle School
Program Length(s): Day Trips
Keywords: experiments and investigations
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Basic Observation Buoys (BOBs)

Basic Observation Buoys—BOBs—can be built and deployed by teachers and students to enhance outdoor experiences that build upon the NOAA Chesapeake Exploration curriculum or other data-driven meaningful watershed educational experiences. The BOB is a small buoy that measures about 60 cm on a side and is built with basic PVC parts. The buoys are outfitted with sensors that can include air and water temperature, conductivity, salinity, pH, current speed, water depth, and dissolved oxygen.

Organization(s): National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Location: 904 S. Morris Street Oxford, MD 21654 (Map It)
Theme(s): Habitats and Critters, Pollution and Pressures
Level(s): Middle School, High School
Program Length(s): Day Trips
Keywords: pollution, weather, experiments and investigations, water quality, water testing, salinity
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Aquabotz

Students from the fifth grade and up can build operational underwater robots. NOAA has designed a program that challenges students to design, build, and launch remotely operated vehicles—"ROVs"—using PVC pipe, pump motors, speaker wires, and simple switches. The program teaches the basic principles of design while expanding students' ability to observe their ecosystem. Cameras and lights can be added to create working observation systems, expanding the learning opportunities to introduce students to elements of habitat characterization.

Organization(s): National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Location: 904 S. Morris Street Oxford, MD 21654 (Map It)
Theme(s): Habitats and Critters, Pollution and Pressures
Level(s): Middle School, High School
Program Length(s): Day Trips
Keywords: weather, experiments and investigations, water quality, water testing
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