MWEEs serve as me foundation for a rich,
lifelong relationship between students
and their Bay.

Using the outdoors as a hands-on
laboratory strengthens student connections
to the natural environment, improves
academic achievement, and increases
student engagement.

MWEEs integrate field work in the
Chesapeake Bay watershed
with multi-disciplinary classroom activities
and instruction. They can be a
sustained, integral component of
classroom instruction.

MWEEs are an effective tool for teaching
many subjects—including science, math,
history, reading and art.

"For in the end, we will
conserve only what we love, we will love only
what we understand, we will understand
only what we are taught"

— Baba Dioum

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Eyes are Opened, Environmental Ethics are Formed

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Maryland

Maryland State Department of Education
Environmental Programs

http://www.rnarylandpublicschools.org/
M S DE/programs/envi ro nment/

Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Department of Education
Ecology & Environment

http://www.pde.state.pa.us/env_eco

Virginia

Virginia Naturally: Curriculum resources,
Classroom grafts, & Student information

http://www. vanaturally. com

District of Columbia

DC Department of Health Watershed
Protection Division

http://dchealth.dc.gov/ services/
administration_pffices/environmental/
watershed/ enved.htm

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Recognizing the value of hands-on .
environmental education, the governors of
the Chesapeake Bay states and the JVftyor
of Washington, T)C signed a commitment
in 2000 to provide a meaningful
watershed experience for every student
in the Chesapeake Bay watershed before
graduation from high schoolj

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