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The Chesapeake Bay is an important ecosystem and it is right in our backyard - literally!
Select one of the following organisms to study:
Fish Alewife Atlantic Croaker Atlantic Needlefish Atlantic Silverside Banded Killifish Bay Anchovy Blueback Herring Bluefish Bluegill Channel Catfish Eastern Silvery Minnow Gizzard Shad Mummichog Spot Tail Shinner Stripped Killifish Yellow Perch |
Birds American Goldfinch Arctic Tern Bald Eagle Baltimore Oriole Canada Goose Canvasback Duck Eastern Screech Owl Glossy Ibis Great Blue Heron Great Egret Laughing Gull Mallard Osprey Sandpiper, Spotted Tundra Swan Turkey Vulture |
Crustaceans Blue Crab Fiddler Crab Horseshoe Crab Grass Shrimp Amphipod (Beach Flea) |
Mammals Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphin Delmarva Fox Squirrel Raccoon Red Fox White-tailed Deer |
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Insects/ Misc Checkerspot, Baltimore Dragonfly Polychaetes Zooplankton |
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Reptiles/Amphibians Diamondback Terrapin Grass Frog Loggerhead Turtle |
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Plants Black-eyed Susan Goldenrod, Gray Mountain Laurel Poison Ivy, Eastern Redhead Grass Spiderwort Swamp Iris (Blue Flag) Water Lily (Spatterdock) Widgeon Grass |
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Mollusks American Oyster (Eastern) Freshwater Mussel, Ribbed Northern Quahog Periwinkle, Marsh Soft-shelled Clam
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Ask Questions: Find Definitions for the following terms:
ecosystem
estuary
organism
producer
consumer
habitat
nicheFind out:
what your organism looks like
what is the habitat of your organism
what is your organisms niche in the ecosystem
how does your orgamism eat, move, reproduce and defend itselfGather Information:
Books:
574.92 LIP Life in the Chesapeake 598 TAY Birds of the Chesapeake Bay 917.52 LIP The Chesapeake Bay in Maryland 597 MUR Fishes of the Chesapeake Bay 591.92 ENC Encyclopedia of Aquatic Life 560 TAY Familiar birds of North America 595.3 RIC Crustaceans 578.76 AQU Aquatic Life of the World 597 FIL Peterson First Guides: Fishes 975.5 BEL Awesome Chesapeake 507.73 WHI Chesapeake Bay: A Field Guide 582.13 HOO National Audubon Society: Wildflowers 596 WHY The Animal Kingdom 324.97 WOR
WorldBook Encyclopedia
Internet sources:
Native Plants for Wildlife Habitat and Conservation Landscaping (use common name index) http://www.nps.gov/plants/pubs/Chesapeake/toc.htm
Chesapeake Bay Program
http://www.chesapeakebay.net/baybio.htm
DNR Animal Bits
http://www.dnr.state.md.us/wildlife/animalbits.html
E-Nature Field Guides
http://www.enature.com/fieldguides/
Bay Grasses
http://www.dnr.state.md.us/bay/sav/key/
The Virtual Aquarium
Other sites:
www.chesbay.org/forageFish/anchovy.asp
http://pond.dnr.cornell.edu/nyfish/Cyprinidae/cyprinidae.html
Organize Information:
Use Noodletools to collect citation information and create bibliography. ( Note: You must create a personal ID the first time using Noodletools. Use your student ID for your password.)
Prepare/Produce Information: Create a poster on your organism.
Complete the Chesapeake Bay Organism Graphic Organizer in your packet. Do not forget to get an image (photo, clip art, or drawing) of your organism!
Present and Assess Information:
Finished assignment fulfills task.
Information found matches information needed?
How well did my poster turn out?
Did I revise with a critical eye?
Did I remember to check for complete and correct information?
My sources are credited.
Work is complete and includes name and date.
Work is handed in on time.
How would I do a similar project in the future?
Was I happy with my process of finding and using information?
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