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Education Mission Statement

The primary goal of the CBNERRVA General Education and Public Outreach Program is to increase awareness, understanding, appreciation and wise-use of the Chesapeake Bay estuary through various informal and formal education programs for K-12 and college audiences, teacher training workshops and programs for the general public.  Field trip activities include exploration of salt marsh, submerged aquatic vegetation and shallow water habitats, collection of fish, crabs and other invertebrates and water quality and watershed studies.

Healthy estuaries and estuarine ecosystems are valuable to every member of society and those who become aware of estuarine processes and issues will be better equipped to protect estuarine environments, both presently and in the future.  CBNERRVA's Education Program strives to enhance student, teacher and public awareness, understanding, and appreciation of estuaries by providing hands-on, investigative field experiences, curriculum and information material, multi-exposure opportunities, teacher training programs, and public outreach events.

For more information the CBNERRVA's General Education and Public Outreach Program, please contact Sarah McGuire.

 

Sarah McGuire
Education Coordinator
Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve in Virginia
804-684-7878
mcguire@vims.edu
Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve in Virginia
Virginia Institute of Marine Science / Gloucester Point, Virginia 23062
Phone: (804) 684-7135 / Fax: (804) 684-7120 / cbnerr@vims.edu