Chincoteague Bay Field Station is now accepting applications for their competitive Sea S.T.A.R. (Students Teaching and Researching) summer internship. This position is for rising high school seniors (students who are currently juniors age 16 and older). This internship includes three main components: programs, a summer research project, and enrichment. For two months students will live, work, and play at Chincoteague Bay Field Station as they are immersed in the culture of a residential environmental education center. Students will work alongside program staff to provide environmental education programs and summer camp activities; periodically attend college courses; develop their own research project or legacy project; and explore marine habitats of the Eastern Shore of Virginia.

We are excited to announce that the Visualize Your Water Challenge is launching today, January 13! Challenge details are included below with links to useful information. Join the conversation on Twitter at #VizUrWater

Your project - or one you are sponsoring - could be an award winner. Apply or encourage a student you know to apply for PEYA and see what a difference they can make for the environment with an award-winning project. Applicants from all 50 states and U.S. territories are eligible to compete for a regional certificate of special recognition and a national Presidential award.

Every year the Chesapeake Bay Trust runs an awards program to recognize teachers and students who are going above and beyond the call of duty for our local environment. With individuals in our school systems being pulled in so many different directions each day, it is important to recognize talented people who volunteer for projects and programs that clean up communities and improve water quality. That’s why the Trust launched its awards program, and since 1998, has been thanking teachers and students (with cash!) every year since for all their hard work to help restore the Chesapeake Bay.

Interested in learning about Sustainable Schools in Maryland? Are you applying to be a green school? Interested in strengthening environmental education in your local community? The Maryland Association for Environmental and Outdoor Education (MAEOE) is hosting their FREE Fall Green Leader/Green School Training

Maryland Association for Environmental and Outdoor Education (MAEOE) 2016 Annual Conference “Today’s Youth, Tomorrow’s Stewards: Engaging Students, Schools and Communities” will be held in February. Do you have have great ideas, lesson plans or favorite activities that you want to share? Then consider presenting! Online proposals are due in September 14, 2015, 5:00pm.

Learn about the principles of leave no trace, about how to teach with the principles, and how you can become a Leave no Trace Trainer!

Hear what people are saying about the new Chesapeake Bay Ecosystem Atlas and its companion Atlas Teacher’s Guide developed by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and Chesapeake Environmental Communications, and download a free copy for yourself!

Climate change is happening. How can we engage our students in learning more about—and measuring—the effects of shifting conditions on our natural resources? Come to this workshop to test some new field investigations for middle and high school students. ​ These are all outdoor activities students can use to investigate their schoolyards and other areas, to understand how climate change is affecting wildlife, plants, and habitats. The lessons offer ways to apply NGSS science practices, integrate STEM and environmental literacy with other disciplines, inspire stewardship actions and participate in citizen science, and get outside!

DataStreme Atmosphere is a major precollege teacher enhancement initiative of the American Meteorological Society with the main goal of training of Weather Education Resource Teachers who will promote the teaching of science, mathematics and technology using weather as a vehicle, across the K-12 curriculum in their home school districts.The initial step in the training of Resource Teachers is their participation in the DataStreme Atmosphere distance-learning course. The 13-week course is offered twice a year to selected participants. It focuses on the study of the atmospheric environment through the use of electronically transmitted weather data and learning materials combined with Study Guide readings and investigations.