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
AdaptVA (VIMS): Interactive maps and data viewers, useful for advanced students studying climate change and sea level rise in VA
Tidewatch (VIMS): Interactive maps and data viewers, useful for advanced students studying climate change and sea level rise in VA
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
Includes ArcGIS water quality interactive map where students collect water quality data throughout the entire Chesapeake Bay Watershed with CBF educators and entered the data into the CBF database. Explore
An in-depth variety of maps featuring different angles and topics on the Chesapeake Bay’s 64,000 square miles. Categories include geography, pollution, land use, aquatic life, and economic importance.
Downloadable poster of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed map. Includes brief information about the natural history and fragile habitat of the Bay.
Search in the database from the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center to add real world data to your classroom setting. Data sets include research & citizen science data, climate science, wetlands,
Enjoy an online interactive database of water quality monitoring reports from the Environmental Protection Agency. Learn the current health condition of any river in the US and check to see
Look at aerial images of chlorophyll, temperature, salinity, and primary productivity levels from the Chesapeake Bay remote Sensing Program based on year and location in the Bay.
