Ecosystems and the Chesapeake Bay

Inquiry Project

Category 1: Scientific Inquiry

#1 Chesapeake Bay storm drain labeling

http://www.chesapeakebay.net/websitesearchresults.aspx?menuitem=13992

http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/nvswcd/waterqualitybk.htm#drains

#2 Submerged Aquatic Vegetation

http://www.chesapeakebay.net/websitesearchresults.aspx?menuitem=13992

http://www.drsfostersmith.com/pic/article.cfm?articleid=508

http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/plants/grow.php

#3 Photosynthesis

http://www.biology4kids.com/files/plants_photosynthesis.html

http://www.realtrees4kids.org/sixeight/letseat.htm

Category 2: Debates

http://www.chesapeakebay.net/

http://www.cbf.org/site/PageServer?pagename=homev3

#1 Crab harvest

http://www.bayjournal.com/article.cfm?article=1127

#2 Non-native Oysters

http://dels.nas.edu/dels/rpt_briefs/oyster_brief_final.pdf

#3 White-Tail Deer

http://www.midatlanticgameandfish.com/hunting/whitetail-deer-hunting/at_aa080603a/

#4 Mute Swans

http://www.mdsg.umd.edu/issues/restoration/non-natives/workshop/mute_swan.html

http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/resshow/perry/muteswan.htm

Category 3: Research/Creative Applcations:

#1 National Zoo

http://nationalzoo.si.edu/

#2 Water management plan:

http://www2.ctic.purdue.edu/KYW/Brochures/PutTogether.html

Habitat/Biome websites

WWF- http://www.panda.org/index.cfm

Habitats- Alaskan Wildlife- http://www.adfg.state.ak.us/pubs/notebook/notehome.php

Artic National Wildlife Refuge- http://arctic.fws.gov/index.htm

Cimarron National Grassland- http://www.fs.fed.us/r2/psicc/cim/

Coral Reef - http://www.coralrealm.com/homepage.html

Desert USA- http://desertusa.com/

El Yunque Carribean Forest- http://www.fs.fed.us/r8/caribbean/

Everglades National Park- http://www.nps.gov/archive/ever/welcome2.htm

All Habitats- http://www.mbgnet.net/

Florida Keys National Sanctuary- http://floridakeys.noaa.gov/

Monogahela National Forest- http://www.fs.fed.us/r9/mnf/index.shtml

Monterey Bay National Sanctuary- http://montereybay.noaa.gov/

Category 4: Webquests

#1 Animals and their Habitats

www.todaysteacher.com

#2 Chesapeake Bay

http://cte.jhu.edu/techacademy/web/2000/mcdonnell/index_webquest.html