Chesapeake Bay Interpretive Buoy System

This website describes NOAA's network of buoys that collect water quality data. The resulting real-time data is available on the website, by phone, or via mobile apps. Click on the logo below to go to the website.

Because I have been interested in methods for measuring water turbidity, I was especially interested in the section of the website dealing with this topic. Click on the picture below to learn more about how citizens get involved in "wade-ins" and about Bernie's sneaker index.

Chain Bridge Field Trip, Oct. 20, 2012

Photos from our Watershed Science class field trip to the Potomac River near Chain Bridge

Porcelainberry Presentation

Link to presentation on the invasive species porcelainberry.

Photos of Lubber Run Field Trip

A few photos from our field Trip to Lubber Run

includes video clip of water snake

Photos of Donaldson Run Field Trip

Link to photos taken on the Donaldson Run Field Trip Sept 2012
includes video clip of boogie woogie aphids

Photos of Turkey Run Field Trip

Link to photos from Turkey Run Field Trip Sept 2012

Thanks, Jim Egenrieder, for a great class field trip to Turkey Run!  In classrooms, we often study things in isolation, which is not necessarily a bad thing. But being outside make it clear how everything ties together - plant and animal species, availability and quality of water, weather conditions, human land use. I learned many things I didn't know, including what the fruit of the pawpaw (Asimina triloba) tastes like! I'm eager to go back to Turkey Run with my family, and also to learn more about Four Mile Run, the stream closest to my school.