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Our Wonderful Watershed Presentation by: Chesapeake Bay Environmental Center Can you find your school? Follow the Raindrop Fieldscope Flow Map http://chesapeake.fieldscope.org/v3/maps/773 What is a watershed?? Why is the Chesapeake Bay is


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Our Wonderful Watershed

Presentation by: Chesapeake Bay Environmental Center

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Can you find your school? Follow the Raindrop

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Fieldscope – Flow Map

http://chesapeake.fieldscope.org/v3/maps/773

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What is a watershed??

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Why is the Chesapeake Bay is important to people?

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Why is the Chesapeake Bay important for wildlife?

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Day Around the Bay – Story time!

  • Would you swim in it?
  • Is it healthy for animals to live in?
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Day Around the Bay – Discussion!

  • Who polluted the Bay?
  • How can we prevent pollution from getting into the Bay?
  • How can we improve the health of the Bay?
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Wetland in a Pan

  • Materials:

– Aluminum pan – Foil sheets (3) – Sponge pieces (up to 10) – Measuring cup – Soil – Water – Food coloring

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Wetland in a Pan

  • Set Up

– Use 2 sheets of foil to create a downhill landscape – Use 1 sheet of foil to cover hill – 10 pieces of sponge – 50mL of soil – 100 mL of water in “Bay” end of pan

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Brainstorm! What can we do to clean up our schoolyard, local streams, and the Chesapeake Bay?