Environmental Education

Watershed Activities provides community-based examples of simple projects that individuals, communities, or watershed groups can do.

Chesapeake Science on the Internet for Educators (CHESSIE) is a unique web-based resource center and communications hub, broadly supporting watershed-wide K-12 Chesapeake Bay science education.

The National Park Service Bridging the Watershed In this program high school students are given opportunities to study real-world science in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area national parks. The Potomac, known as "the nation's river", and its watershed are the themes around which high school, multi-disciplinary, science curriculum was created to enhance awareness and understanding about this fragile environment.

Maryland's Department of Natural Resources Online Campus provides links educational resources for students, teachers, and community members, as well as opportunities to volunteer and information on recreational areas.

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Environmental Education Webpage helps you learn about Pennsylvania's natural environment through programs, classroom resources, a kids' page and volunteer opportunities.

The Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Environmental Education Webpage helps kids learn about Pennsylvania's natural environment through programs, classroom resources, a kids' page and volunteer opportunities.

The Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation Environmental Education and Stewardship Opportunities provides links to various DCR programs, including Virginia Naturally, that teach kids and adults to make a difference.

Virginia Department of Environmental Quality Office of Environmental Education coordinates education programs such as Virginia Naturally, the Love-A-Tree program, Project Wet and Virginia's Chesapeake Bay Education Plan. Link to the Environmental Education Resource Directory, a database of resources for teachers and students.

Virginia Naturally strives to link Virginians to environmental information and promote lifelong learning about Virginia’s environment and stewardship of the Commonwealth’s natural and historic resources.

The Chesapeake Bay Foundation website lists details on professional development for teachers and educational opportunities for students.

Pennsylvania STREAMS is an interdisciplinary environmental education and water study program incorporating Pennsylvania academic standards for environment and ecology, national science and math standards, authentic assessment, field studies, technology and student and community activism.

Students releasing American shad that they had helped raise.