Field Trip to Rocky Point and Beyond

Students show a satellite map of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed,
and share what they have learned about it.

Testing the pH of the water.

We are leaving the dock at Rocky Point Park on the Marguerite.

A class picture at the dock in front of the workboat, Marguerite.

On October 13, twenty-six Environmental Science students from Mrs. Barizo's class went on a field trip to Rocky Point Park. At the park, they boarded the Marguerite, a scientific workboat, to do some scientific investigations on the water. Students did map-reading activities, tested the water for phosphates, nitrates, dissolved oxygen, pH, temperature, salinity, and turbidity. They also did a "bottom grab" experiment to see what organisms lived on the benthic zone of the Bay. They trawled for fish in the afternoon and caught a huge carp, a small jellyfish, Bay anchovies, and some white perch. Students also took turns driving the boat on the way back to the dock. It was a fun, productive day of learning activities. The trip was conducted by the Chesapeake Bay Foundation and partially funded by the Chesapeake Bay Trust.