Students in AP Environmental Science classes participated in the Chesapeake Bay Foundation Canoe Program this past Saturday, September 19. According to Science teacher David Barnes, "This program is a unique hands-on educational opportunity in which students investigate, first-hand, issues that affect the quality of the Chesapeake Bay."
During this one day trip to Pocahontas State Park, students learned to canoe, collect invertebrates, use a Seine net, and conduct chemical tests to ascertain the quality of the Bay’s watershed.
The textbook for the AP Environment Science class is The World Without Us, by Alan Weisman, a book that explores "how our planet would respond without the relentless pressure of the human presence."
Both the trip and the books were purchased, in part, with funds provided by the Governor's School Foundation.
