Taking the classroom outdoors, the 18 juniors and seniors in the IB Environmental Systems and Societies class attended the annual Chesapeake Bay Foundation field trip October 1-3. The group traveled to the CBF's Karen Noonan Environmental Education Center located in Maryland's Blackwater Wildlife Refuge. While there they learned about the ecology of the Chesapeake Bay and efforts to protect this important resource. Activities including marsh mucking, setting crab pots and analyzing data, oyster raking, capturing marsh organisms using different netting techniques, and viewing the Milky Way Galaxy. While there the girls also followed a sustainable living challenge, including reducing water usage, lowering electricity usage and eliminating food waste.
