CBF Field Trip to Arthur Sherwood Center

Checking out the seine net for "critters."

Cruising the Chesapeake Bay on the Snowgoose.

Dominic and Kayla - bringing up the seine net.

On Meredith Creek - on the way out to the Chesapeake Bay.

The whole group, with CBF teachers Tiffany and Bart.

On April 19, Honors Environmental Science students went on a field trip to Arthur Sherwood Center in Annapolis. They went on the Snowgoose, a scientific workboat, on the Chesapeake Bay, and on canoes at Meredith Creek. Students studied four different maps of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed, did various water quality tests, wildlife identification, and fishing on the boat. A few students got the privilege of navigating the boat. They studied various adaptations of fish and assessed the water quality of the Chesapeake Bay. They also learned canoe basics and seined for macro-invertebrates and fish on the shores of Meredith Creek. Enjoy the pictures - they say a thousand words!

Local Mushroom Database Published

"Wild Mushrooms of Washington County, MD," a pictorial database of local mushrooms, was recently published by the Environmental Science class of Highland View Academy. This publication was funded by Toyota Motors Foundation as part of a $10,000.00 Toyota Tapestry Grant for Teachers for a project, "A Study of Saprophytic and Mycorrhizal Mushrooms of Washington County and Surrounding Areas and Their Role in Forest Ecosystems." The booklet features color photographs of local wild mushrooms in their natural habitats.

We're in the new Pearson Environmental Science Textbook!

Molly and Chelsea show the new Pearson Environmental Science textbook, "Environmental Science: Your World, Your Turn," in front of a bulletin board featuring mushroom photographs taken by students, in Mrs. Barizo's classroom.