Climate & Earth Systems Blog Posts

Queen Anne’s County uses Coronavirus relief funding to boost environmental education

All 14 schools in the county are getting a new outdoor classroom

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Environmental Education Grant Program - Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection is accepting applications for 2020 Environmental Education Grants. Applications are due December 31st. A free Application Guidelines Webinar is being hosted November 18th.

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Explore and Restore Maryland Streams Teacher Workshops

Join teachers and students from all around Maryland in taking action to care for Maryland’s streams. As a key part of Bay restoration, students from grades K-12 are adopting, investigating, and taking action to restore the health of their local stream. The program will introduce your students to the amazing natural features of streams right in their own communities, making rigorous learning as much fun as it is beneficial.

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Open Spaces in Highschool Camps - Scholarships available!

Are you looking to get your child away from the screen and into the green this summer? Camp Audubon provides day, travel, and overnight camps for families in the DC metro area. Located on a 40-acre nature sanctuary, these camps provide high-quality environmental science education and good old-fashioned camp fun!

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Watershed leaders call for environmental education for all

The 2019 Chesapeake Bay Environmental Literacy Leadership Summit highlighted the challenges and explored possible solutions to the equitable distribution of environmental education resources and opportunities. The Summit explored systemic environmental education and how it can drive diversity, equity and inclusion.

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June is Great Outdoors Month!

With another school year wrapping up, thoughts turn to summer fun and what could be better than playing and relaxing outdoors? It’s a great way to unwind, find new interests, stay active, and even continue and reinforce the learning. Here are some resources to help give you ideas for where to go and what to do outdoors in Maryland this summer - or any time, all year.

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All of us have a hand in restoring the Bay

June 1-9 is Chesapeake Bay Awareness Week! Chesapeake Bay Awareness Week is a time for us to celebrate the culture, history and natural beauty of the Bay and its surrounding lands, rivers and streams. From upstate New York to southern Virginia, and West Virginia’s panhandle to eastern Delaware, we all share a piece of the nation’s largest estuary and our daily actions have a direct impact on the Bay

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Kids to Parks Day!

On May 18, 2019, celebrate Kids to Parks Day—a nationwide celebration of the great outdoors organized by the National Park Trust designed to connect kids and families with their local, state, and national parks and public lands.

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Teachers on the Estuary 2019

Teachers on the Estuary (Tote) is a workshop designed to support teachers’ understanding of Chesapeake Bay issues through participant-driven field experiences and authentic research.

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NEW! USGS Water Science School

The U.S. Geological Survey’s Water Resources Mission Area is excited to announce the launch of a new, mobile-ready water.usgs.gov website. The new site is mobile-friendly, features the latest USGS Water activities and priorities, and includes the highly popular Water Science School in a new, easy-to-use format.

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