Learn some creative ways to integrate the Chesapeake Bay and environmental issues into your classroom lessons. Search through the Bay Backpack's books, multimedia, curriculum guides, individual lesson plans and online data sources about the subjects you are teaching in class.
Check back often for new and innovative resources to help you teach environmental topics.
Get your students' feet wet and hands dirty. Use the Bay Backpack to find a place to take your students on a field trip to learn about the Chesapeake Bay and its streams and rivers.
Search our database of field studies to find a location near you, or read our blog entries about field studies taking place at schools throughout the Chesapeake Bay watershed.
Prepare yourself to teach about the Chesapeake Bay and environmental issues, from climate change to water pollution.
Use the Bay Backpack training calendar to find an upcoming training opportunity near you.
Looking for funds to build a schoolyard habitat or provide your students with a field study? The Bay Backpack includes lists of grant opportunities so you can find the right grant program for you.
Before you apply, check out our grant writing tips to learn how you can strengthen your proposal.
Funding Fun: Summer 2012 Environmental Education Grants
As this school year winds down, deadlines to support end-of-year projects and environmental education activities for the next school year are coming up. To save you some time and to help support your Chesapeake Bay watershed, environmental and outdoor education-related activities and projects, we have assembled a list of grants with application deadlines in June, July and August. Check them out below, and good luck with your applications! [Read more]
May is American Wetlands Month!
This May marks the 21st anniversary of American Wetlands Month! American Wetlands Month is a time to celebrate the important role wetlands play in our Nation's ecological, environmental, and socio-economic health. It is also a great time to inspire a better understanding of these vitally important ecosystems. [Read more]
Why Learn About School Air Quality
Air; it's all around us but we rarely think about how air quality impacts our lives. Though there are currently no mandatory air quality standards specific to classrooms or schools in the United States, there are a number of resources that can help school systems, administrators, teachers, and families create a healthy school environment. [Read more]
US ED Announces First Round of Green Ribbon School Recipients
This morning, U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan, U.S. EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson, and Chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality Nancy Sutley will announce the first winners of the US Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools Program recognition awards ... And the first-ever Chesapeake Bay watershed state winners of the are... [Read more]
Want to know more Meaningful Watershed Educational Experiences? This short video will give you the lowdown.
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FieldScope: Explore this interactive mapping system.
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Green School Program: Ways to make your school earth friendly.
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No Child Left Inside: Learn about this exciting program.
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CBIBS Curriculum: Use real-time data to teach the Bay.
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United States Global Change Research Program
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National Science Teachers Association (NSTA)
