Hands-on Programs

Chesapeake's Best Crabcakes:
A Study in Geography, Social Studies, and Economics

Ages: 3-6 grades
Duration: 1.5 hours
Cost: $300 students (30 students max.)
Offered: April through October

In this award-winning hands-on program, students learn about geography, social studies and economics by following the Chesapeake blue crab on its journey from the brackish Bay to our picnic tables. The program focuses on the people who earn their livelihood from the crabbing industry, and students have a chance to walk in their shoes by working a trotline, picking stuffed crabs at a packing house, ordering from a restaurant on a migrant worker's wages, and talking to a real-life crab picker. Pre- and post-visit materials are available.

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Ecology Cruise

Ages: 3-8 grades
Duration: 2 hours
Cost: $300 per class (32 students/ chaperones max.)
Offered: May through October

In this ecology and science-based program, students learn about the diverse animals, plants, and environment of the Chesapeake through hands-on activities onboard the Mr. Jim, our replica buy boat. Students explore the Bay watershed from large to small, starting with maps of the Chesapeake's waterways and populations, moving to water quality testing, and finishing by examining the animals and organisms that call an oyster reef home.

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For more information about our hands-on programs, please contact Group Reservations at 410-745-2916 ex. 111 or by e-mail at hvanfleet@cbmm.org

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