Student Resources
Encyclopedias
Encyclopedia Britannica (MCPS login needed) World Book Online (MCPS login needed)
Enchanted Learning Animal Coloring/Info Pages Use alphabet bar to find your animal!
A-L
M-Z
Bald Eagle Blue Crab Blue Crab Blue Crab Crabbing, Recipes Bluefish Bog Turtle Canada Goose Clam Croaker Diamondback Terrapin Eastern Painted Turtle Egret Egret Garter Snake Great Blue Heron Horseshoe Crab Horseshoe Crab
Marsh Hawk Mallard Duck (Northern Harrier) Menhaden Nutria Osprey Oyster Raccoon Raccoon Red-winged Blackbird Sea Gull Seahorse Seahorse Shrimp Striped Bass White Perch Zooplankton
Interactive Sites
Bay Trippers Online fieldtrip to the Chesapeake Bay - Thinkport Welcome to Bayville Includes informational videos and games - Thinkport
Search Engines
Ask for Kids Kids Click! Includes reading levels for each site! NetTrekker (MCPS login needed) Yahooligans
Teacher Feature
Bay Grasses A Chesapeake Bay Primer U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Chesapeake Bay Terms Vocabulary with definitions National Geographic Exploring the Chesapeake Bay - Then and Now Where the River Meets the Sea - online 90 minute video - Smithsonian/Ball State University 2002
Lesson Plans Chesapeake Bay Critters Lesson Plan (Jack Clark, MCPS) Chesapeake Bay Life Lesson Plan - National Aquarium in Baltimore Food Webs in the Bay Lesson Plan How a Blue Crab Changes as It Grows Lesson Plan How Can We Keep Our Water Clean? Includes list of pollutants Internet Web Quest: the Chesapeake Bay and Its Watershed Virginia emphasis Animals of the Oyster Reef Calvert County Public Schools Bay Unit Fourth Grade Flag Ponds Calvert County Public Schools
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