Students use a report card to evaluate how their schoolyard positively and negatively affects the Chesapeake Bay.  They then design a plan to effectively address the negative impacts.  They design and create a way to present their plan to others.

Teachers will be able to use this lesson virtually or in-person! This Google Slide deck lesson can also be downloaded as a PowerPoint! Speaker notes are included which make it easy for teachers or substitutes to teach this lesson!Literacy Standards: 4.5 a, b, c, f & jScience Standards: 4.3 a & b 4.8 a, b, c & dSocial Studies Standards: VS.9 a VS.10 b & c Authors: Melissa DiAscro, Rebecca Fausett, Annie Schmidt, Lindsey Bruce, & Kari Nugent(Hampton Oaks Elementary School) 

Video Description:  Have you ever wondered where food comes from? Learn how Dr. Catherine Nakalembe uses NASA satellite data to show the health and location of crops around Our World. Maps created from these data help people become more food secure. You can help, too. Using the GLOBE Observer App, you can help scientists validate satellite data by describing land covering through the Adopt a Pixel program.  Video Length:  5:23.    NASA eClipsTM is a suite of online student-centered, standards-based resources that support instruction by increasing STEM literacy in formal and nonformal settings.  These free digital and downloadable resources inform and engage students through NASA-inspired, real-world connections.NASA eClips Our World videos (grades 3-5) help students understand the differences between science (the natural world) and engineering (the designed world).  These video segments supplement elementary learning objectives not only in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, but also in reading, writing, visual and performing arts. 

Students will take a virtual reality tour of the five regions in Virginia and the main agricultural products in each. During the tours, students will place miniature models of agricultural products on the map of Virginia regions. Learn about the impacts of networking and virtual reality field trips.

Have you ever wondered how we keep our Chesapeake Bay watershed clean? Come view this 360-degree video on the Chesapeake Bay program completing a clean up, and then explain why you believe that helping their program and networking their program will help keep the watershed clean in the future!