About This Site Connect your students to their local environment in a meaningful way. Join teachers participating in the Chesapeake Bay Foundation's Chesapeake Classrooms to share classroom resources, lesson and unit plans, current watershed information, and best practices.
Chesapeake Bay Foundation’s Chesapeake Classrooms
The Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF), supported by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the National Geographic Society, and the Chesapeake Bay Trust, invite you to participate in an unparalleled professional development experience: Chesapeake Classrooms. This program combines CBF’s integrated watershed education in an exciting partnership with National Geographic’s Geography Education Outreach (GEO) Foundation and NOAA the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Through Chesapeake Classrooms, we will provide high-quality professional development that meets the evolving needs of teachers and schools, thereby enabling them to involve students in meaningful outdoor Bay or stream experiences that are aligned with local school systems standards.
The goals of the Chesapeake Classrooms program are the following:
(1) To increase student achievement and engagement in learning
(2) To increase environmental literacy and stewardship behaviors
For listings of our professional development offerings, or to learn more about our student field programs, visit the Chesapeake Bay Foundation Education Web Site »
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