"Be Part of Something Big!" Curriculum This curriculum guide is
designed for Grades 3-8 and provides educators and students the
opportunity to gain hands-on experiences with water quality
monitoring. This series of activities is designed to help your
class or student group learn more about the Chesapeake Bay and
its tributaries. It does not need to be conducted in any
particular order; however, some activities do build on one
another. Topics addressed include: - What is a watershed? - How
do you identify your watershed? - How does water flows through
the watershed? - How do nutrients impact the Chesapeake Bay? -
What are the problems associated with excess nutrients? - Learn
about streams and tributaries. - What are the chemical and
biological characteristics of a stream? - How can you assess
your local stream? - Action strategies students can take to
improve water quality in their local streams, and ultimately,
the Chesapeake Bay such as trash clean ups, stream buffer
plantings, and personal conservation mea