CBF Student Action Plan: Build Your Own Rain Garden

Downloadable student action plan on how to build your own rain garden from the Chesapeake Bay Foundation. Add a colorful habitat to your school yard while keeping sediment from choking local streams by using this easy step-by-step guide.
- Primary Topic: Reduce Carbon Footprint
- Sub Topic: Capture and Reuse Rainwater, Chesapeake Bay Watershed, Ecology, Encourage Resilient Action, Flooding, Flooding Prevention, Local Resource
- Grade Level: Elementary School, High School, Middle School
- Resource Type: Activity, Background Information or Research, Student Action Plan
CBF Student Action Plan: Build Your Own Rain Barrel

Downloadable student action plan on how to build your own rain barrel from the Chesapeake Bay Foundation. Capture rainwater from downspouts to reduce runoff and have a water source during droughts using this easy step-by-step guide.
- Primary Topic: Sea Level Change
- Sub Topic: Capture and Reuse Rainwater, Chesapeake Bay Watershed, Ecology, Encourage Resilient Action, Flooding, Flooding Prevention, Local Resource, Water Quality & Pollution
- Grade Level: High School, Middle School
- Resource Type: Activity, Background Information or Research, Student Action Plan
CBF Student Action Plan: Bare Spots Guide

Downloadable student action plan on how to fix school bare spots from the Chesapeake Bay Foundation. Bare spots are places where vegetation no longer exists in the soil. Bare spots come in all shapes and sizes. The outcome of having any type of bare spot is the same: storm water hits the ground and is not able to soak into the land. Use this step-by-step guide to fix the bare spots in your school or home yard.
- Primary Topic: Climate Change
- Sub Topic: Chesapeake Bay Watershed, Ecology, Encourage Resilient Action, Local Resource
- Grade Level: Elementary School, High School, Middle School
- Resource Type: Activity, Background Information or Research, Student Action Plan
Ask HR Green : Education Opportunities

Explore green education opportunities including fundraiser car washes, recycling at school, pledge to be a green classroom, green learning education guides and more!
- Primary Topic: Climate Change
- Sub Topic: Chesapeake Bay Watershed, Conservation, Encourage Resilient Action, Local Resource, Renewable Resources/Energy Conservation
- Grade Level: Elementary School, High School, Middle School
- Resource Type: Educator Guide, Educator Professional Development, Resilience Report
- Professional Development Type: Grants
Educator Guide to Virtual Exchange

Downloadable Educator Guide on the Virtual Exchange from Youth for Understanding.
- Primary Topic: Marine Education
- Sub Topic: Chesapeake Bay Watershed
- Grade Level: High School, Middle School
- Resource Type: Educator Guide, Resilience Report
Chesapeake Bay Ecosystem Guide

A guide to estuary basics entitled ‘An Introduction to the Ecosystem’. Read about the Bay ecosystem, geology of the bay, water & sediments, habitats, living resources & biological communities, food production & consumption, and preserving the Chesapeake Bay. Includes glossary of key terms and phrases.
- Primary Topic: Climate Change
- Sub Topic: Chesapeake Bay Watershed, Conservation, Ecology, Food Production, Local Resource, Water Quality & Pollution
- Grade Level: High School, Middle School
- Resource Type: Educator Guide
How to Start an After School Environmental Club Guide

A guide for teachers of Kindergarten through 8th on how to start and after school Environmental Club.
- Primary Topic: Climate Change
- Sub Topic: Encourage Resilient Action
- Grade Level: Elementary School, Middle School
- Resource Type: Educator Guide, Educator Professional Development
CBF’s Guide to Meaningful Watershed Experience (MWEE)

The complete An Educators Guide to the Meaningful Watershed Experience (MWEE) in downloadable format. The goal of the MWEE for teachers and educators is to strengthen the youth’s connection and experience with nature, engaging a deeper respect and concern for our natural environment and creating tomorrow’s world changers.
- Primary Topic: Sea Level Change
- Sub Topic: Chesapeake Bay Watershed, Encourage Resilient Action, Local Resource
- Grade Level: Elementary School, High School, Middle School
- Resource Type: Educator Guide, Educator Professional Development, Resilience Report
2019 Chesapeake Classrooms Teachers Guide

The complete 2019 Chesapeake Classrooms Teachers Guide in downloadable format. The goal of Chesapeake Classrooms is to “provide high-quality learning experiences that prepare and empower teachers to increase student engagement, achievement, and stewardship by incorporating environmental literacy and watershed education into their academic programs.”
- Primary Topic: Climate Change
- Sub Topic: Chesapeake Bay Watershed, Local Resource
- Grade Level: Elementary School, High School, Middle School
- Resource Type: Educator Guide, Educator Professional Development
CBF Water Quality Educator Guide Map

Educator guide to understanding the CBF Water Quality map. Includes field names and definitions, water quality parameters and methods, eutrophication process, how teacher and students can use the CBF GIS app (create graphs and analyze the data), and lesson plans and activities.
- Primary Topic: Sea Level Change
- Sub Topic: Chesapeake Bay Watershed, Flooding, Flooding Prevention, Local Resource, Water Quality & Pollution
- Grade Level: Elementary School, High School, Middle School
- Resource Type: Activity, Educator Guide, Lesson Plan
CBF Interactive Osprey Tracking Map

Interactive Osprey tracking map showing environmental trends and health status. As an indicator species, the Osprey require a clean environment and an abundance of food
- Primary Topic: Climate Change
- Sub Topic: Chesapeake Bay Watershed, Conservation, Ecology, Food Production, Local Resource
- Grade Level: Elementary School, High School, Middle School
- Resource Type: Interactive Map
ArcGIS Interactive Map of Virginia Opportunity Zones

Explore an Interactive map of the current Opportunity Zones in Virginia. Enjoy different data layers and view the qualified zones by each city in Virginia. Includes census tract IDs, and individual Zone contact information.
- Primary Topic: Climate Change
- Sub Topic: Encourage Resilient Action, Local Resource
- Grade Level: High School, Middle School
- Resource Type: Activity, Background Information or Research, Case Study, Dataset, Interactive Map
Hampton Roads Resilience Projects Dashboard

Interactive Map on the Hampton Roads Resilience Projects Dashboard. Enjoy data layers including elevation, flood proofing, drainage, project sites, shorelines, stream restoration and more!
- Primary Topic: Sea Level Change
- Sub Topic: Flooding, Flooding Prevention, Wetlands
- Grade Level: High School, Middle School
- Resource Type: Activity, Background Information or Research, Dataset, Interactive Map
NOAA’s Tides & Currents Interactive Map

Learn about Tides and Currents and their interaction in accordance with sea level rise. Explore this Interactive Map on Sea Level Rise trends around the globe.
- Primary Topic: Sea Level Change
- Sub Topic: Chesapeake Bay Watershed, Flooding, Flooding Prevention
- Grade Level: High School, Middle School
- Resource Type: Dataset, Interactive Map
VIMS Research Interactive Map

Research (VIMS): Browse sea level rise report cards in various locations. Interactive maps and data viewers, useful for advanced students studying climate change and sea level rise in VA
- Primary Topic: Sea Level Change
- Sub Topic: Chesapeake Bay Watershed, Ecology, Flooding, Flooding Prevention, Local Resource
- Grade Level: High School, Middle School
- Resource Type: Activity, Dataset, Interactive Map
VIMS AdaptVA Interactive Map

AdaptVA (VIMS): Interactive maps and data viewers, useful for advanced students studying climate change and sea level rise in VA
- Primary Topic: Sea Level Change
- Sub Topic: Chesapeake Bay Watershed, Conservation, Flooding, Flooding Prevention, Local Resource, Water Quality & Pollution
- Grade Level: High School, Middle School
- Resource Type: Activity, Dataset, Interactive Map
VIMS Tidewatch Interactive Map

Tidewatch (VIMS): Interactive maps and data viewers, useful for advanced students studying climate change and sea level rise in VA
- Primary Topic: Sea Level Change
- Sub Topic: Chesapeake Bay Watershed, Flooding, Flooding Prevention, Local Resource, Water Quality & Pollution
- Grade Level: High School, Middle School
- Resource Type: Activity, Dataset, Interactive Map
VIMS Sea Level Rise Interactive Map

Sea Level Rise (VIMS): Interactive maps and data viewers, useful for advanced students studying climate change and sea level rise in VA
- Primary Topic: Sea Level Change
- Sub Topic: Chesapeake Bay Watershed, Flooding, Flooding Prevention, Local Resource
- Grade Level: High School, Middle School
- Resource Type: Activity, Dataset, Interactive Map
Chesapeake Bay Foundation Watershed Interactive Maps

Series of classroom investigative guides and interactive maps using ArcGIS called ‘What is in Our Water(Shed)’, on Water Quality, which involves analyzing data, creating graphs, analyzing results and coming to a conclusion.
- Primary Topic: Sea Level Change
- Sub Topic: Chesapeake Bay Watershed, Conservation, Ecology, Flooding, Flooding Prevention, Local Resource, Water Quality & Pollution
- Grade Level: High School, Middle School
- Resource Type: Activity, Background Information or Research, Dataset, Interactive Map
Nature Conservancy: Coastal Resilience Decision Support Tool

Interactive Map of Coastal Resilience and Floodplains. View different data layers on open space preservation, flood zones, sea grasses, mangroves, oysters, risk based on income and vulnerability, and storm surges.
- Primary Topic: Sea Level Change
- Sub Topic: Flooding, Flooding Prevention, Weather & Natural Disasters, Wetlands
- Grade Level: High School, Middle School
- Resource Type: Activity, Dataset, Interactive Map