Open only to Montgomery County educators grades k-12.   
Become more familiar with your local ecosystems and learn how to use them as valuable teaching tools in the teaching and learning of biology, chemistry, environmental science, and social studies! Join Chesapeake Bay Foundation and MCPS Outdoor Environmental Education Programs staff to explore current environmental problems and solutions taking place in our schoolyard habitats, local waterways, neighborhoods, and the Chesapeake Bay! This course will tackle human land-use effects on local waterways and explore strategies to bring these concepts into the classroom using a biology and chemistry lens. Participants will experience outdoor investigations that can be used with students to make environmental biology and chemistry more relevant. Teachers will have the opportunity to make connections between the sciences and create their own MWEE, Meaningful Watershed Educational Experience! This course is designed for MCPS middle and high school teachers who would like to gain hands-on experience with environmental investigation and learning. All investigations will follow CBF and public health guidelines for social distancing.

Length & Location: 5 days total; virtual
Cost: $50 due to support from HHMI and local funders.  
Credit: Maryland teachers are eligible for 3 Continuing Professional Development (CPD) credits from MSDE for successful course completion.  
Pre-Course Orientation will be held virtually. Date coming soon.    

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