Oyster Awesome
A structure, similar to coral, where oysters attach and grow.
What is a reef?
The consequence of too many nutrients running into the Chesapeake Bay.
What is eutrophication?
The latin name for this iconic Chesapeake Bay species means savory, beautiful swimmer.
What is the Blue crab?
This member of the Key faculty who loves to get kids outside previously led field trips on the Stanley Norman skipjack.
Who is Paul Bayne?
Like many towns in Virginia, this capitol city faces hotter temperatures, extended heat waves and more extreme rain events due to climate change. In 1972, this city experienced it's largest flooding event due to Hurricane Agnes, flooding areas such as Broad Street and Shockoe Bottom.
What is Richmond, VA?
The amount of water an adult oyster can filter in one day.
What is up to 50 gallons?
This upstream state is the furthest behind on its Bay clean-up goals.
What is Pennsylvania?
The state fish of Maryland, also called a striper, linesider, rock, or rockfish.
What is a striped bass?
This Obezag currently advises Key's upper school students on college admissions but she once hired all of CBF's educators. The middle school cross country team calls her coach.
Who is Laura Baxter?
This city hosts the Great American Outdoor Show, the world's largest outdoor recreation show. Some of this town's top employers include: Giant Food Stores, Hershey Entertainment and Resorts, and Penn State Medical Center. It is the seat of Dauphin County and lies on the east bank of the Susquehanna river.
What is Harrisburg, PA?
The name of a growing industry where oysters are farmed and sold to restaurants.
What is aquaculture?
Fixing these "point sources" has been one of the best ways to reduce pollution entering the Chesapeake Bay.
What is wastewater/sewage treatment plants?
This tall, blue-ish, lanky wading bird has a neck that forms an S-shape.
What is a great blue heron?
This Obezag science teacher started her career at CBF's Meredith Creek education program.
Who is Keith Porterfield?
35 million years ago, a large meteor (3.1 mile diameter) collided into the shallow ocean near the historic continental shelf. This impact formed the largest known crater in the United States (80 mile diameter), and was instrumental to the formation of the Chesapeake Bay. The impact was located near what Virginia town?
What is Cape Charles, VA?
These small, vulnerable juvenile oysters freely navigate the water column before they settle on a hard surface.
What is spat?
Most of the pollution entering the Bay comes from this landuse.
What is agriculture?
This organism feeds at night on worms, small fish, clams and other mollusks, and crustaceans such as soft-shelled crabs. During the day, they usually hide under a rock or bury themselves in bottom sediments. They can slide over rocks, dams, wet grass and other seemingly impassable blockages when migrating and are a delicacy in Asia
What is the American Eel?
This math teacher used to co-teach a class on cetaceans with the current President of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation.
Who is Jenn Holt?
This waterway once contained part of the Washington City Canal before it was filled in the late 19th century. It is threatened by pollution due to antiquated combined sewage systems and urban runoff. In 1971, it became illegal to swim here. To improve water quality, over 35,000 mussels have placed here as of 2019.
What is the Anacostia River?