A Trip to the Chesapeake Bay

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What will we learn about the Chesapeake Bay on this trip?

•History & Geology of the Bay

•What is a watershed?

•Pirates!

•Blue Crabs are good to eat – yum!

•How do we get there?

•What animals could we see?

•How do people affect the Bay?

To go through the trip, click on the Blue Crabs! To practice – click on this one now….To go to the

internet, click on the Red Crabs!

What do you have to do for a grade?

Pick from following activities to complete for a grade:Choose any three (3) of the following in black, and one (1) of the activities in red.• Crossword puzzle – see me for worksheet• Guided notes activity – see me for worksheet• Write an essay as if you were a teenager Native American who lived before

America was discovered by white men and you have to explain to someone from a different tribe how important the Bay is to you – what do you see outside your home every day? How do you live? What do you eat? How does the Bay impact your life?

• Create a children’s book, at least 5 pages, telling what you learned about the Bay. You can use pictures from the Internet or draw your own. Must have an illustrated cover.

• Create a triorama with pictures and information about three new pieces of information you learned about the Bay.

• Create your own power point of what you have learned about the Bay• Create your own model of the Bay – a poster, clay model, paper Mache,

whatever your imagination can think of• Create a model explaining how humans affect the Bay

Where to go first?

History

MovieCrittersHow do we get there?

Eating crabs!

PiratesWatershed

More information

Click me anytime to return home

References Assignments

Where is the Chesapeake Bay?• Eastern coast of

United States• Touches Virginia and

Maryland• Created when the last

Ice Age melted

HOME

Watershed – what’s that?• Area in blue marks where

water drains from into the Bay

• How many states are in this watershed?

• What are some of the resources in the Bay?

Pirates – Ahoy!

• Blackbeard was one of the more famous pirates who raided the Chesapeake Bay.

• What was his real name?• Why did he tie burning sticks

into his hair?

Cooking & Eating Blue Crabs• How can you tell a male

crab from a female crab?• Why does a crab shell

turn red when cooked?• What’s the difference

between hard shell and soft shell crabs?

How do we get there?

• Chesapeake Bay tunnel-bridge

• How many tunnels?• How long is it?• When did it open?

Animals – Land & Water Critters• Water snakes• Canada Geese• Maryland Blue Crab• Frogs• Raccoons• Deer• And many, many more!

How do people affect the bay?• Do humans impact

the Bay?• Pollution?• Can we help?

Haven’t had enough?Here are several more links to pages you might enjoy exploring. Don’t forget your assignments!

More about crabs

More about the Bay

More about Maritime

And even more about the Bay

Bay movie

Bay Video

References• http://www.pippahunnechurch.com/chesapeake.php• http://callisap.freewebpage.org/bluecrab1.html• http://www.weathercentral.com/weather/satellite/eastconus_vis.h

tml• http://library.thinkquest.org/5721/history.html• http://library.thinkquest.org/5721/resources.html• http://bayville.thinkport.org/resourcelibrary/faq.aspx#a1• http://www.blackbeardlives.com/• http://www.chesapeakebay.net/info/pirates.cfm• http://www.bluecrab.info/cooking_crabs.htm• http://www.cbbt.com/• http://www.chesapeakebay.net/• http://www.chesapeakebay.net/critmon.htm

http://www.concreteships.org/ships/kiptopeke• http://www.thechesapeakebay.com/