Educators, get great lesson plans on the Chesapeake Bay for use in science, social studies, and geography classrooms from Xpeditions, National Geographic's award-winning destination for online curriculum.

Grades K-2

• The Chesapeake Bay Watershed: A Time Line of Change, a Model for Change
• Getting to Know the Chesapeake Bay Watershed

Grades 3-5

• The Chesapeake Bay Watershed: Past, Present, and Future
• What Can We Learn from the Chesapeake Bay Watershed?

Grades 6-8

• The Chesapeake Bay: A Model for Change
• Health Indicators in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed

Grades 9-12

• The Chesapeake Bay: A Time for Change
• Making the Grade: Health Indicators in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed

Photograph by Tom Ackerman

Follow John Smith as he helps establish the Jamestown colony, explores the Chesapeake Bay, and meets local Indians in this new kids game.

Find and print some favorite animals of the Chesapeake Bay in National Geographic's online coloring book for kids.

Photograph by Tom Ackerman

Join teachers participating in the Chesapeake Bay Foundation's Chesapeake Classrooms to share classroom resources, lesson and unit plans, current watershed information, and best practices. The program online is part of National Geographic's EdNet communities for educators.

EdNet Chesapeake Classrooms Community