Resources for Educators


Whether you are looking for professional development, curricula, funding, environmental data, or outdoor experiences, we offer a variety of programs and materials to fit your needs.

 


Professional Development

 

 

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  • Explore and Restore Maryland Streams
    - Engage students in studying and monitoring streams and conducting stewardship projects to improve the health of our waterways (grades K-12)

  • Green Eggs and Sand Curriculum and Workshops
    - A middle and high school science curriculum based on the horseshoe crab along with educator immersion workshops.

  • Project Learning Tree
    - Learn ways to teach students about trees and conservation through an interdisciplinary, hands-on workshop; partial MSDE credit may be available (grades K-12)

  • Project WET
    - Learn ways to teach students about water and conservation through an interdisciplinary, hands-on workshop; partial MSDE credit may be available (grades K-12)

  • Project WILD (including Aquatic WILD, Growing Up WILD, and Flying WILD)​
    - Learn ways to teach students about wildlife and conservation through an interdisciplinary, hands-on workshop; partial MSDE credit may be available (grades pre-K-12)

  • Outdoor Learning on Public Lands
    - Professional development for enriching your outdoor learning activities and getting acquainted with what our public lands have to offer. Half-day, outdoor workshops

  • Teachers on the Estuary
    - Learn about the Chesapeake Bay through interactive, hands-on lessons (grades 6-12)

View ​Upcoming Workshops

Curricula and Programs

 


Funding

 

 


Interesting Data

 

Monitoring Data


Interactive M​aps

  • Coastal Atlas
    - An online mapping and planning tool that allows state and local decision-makers to explore and analyze data for coastal and ocean planning activities

  • Coastal Plain Geologic and Geophysical Log map
    - An interactive map that provides access to logs of sediments/rocks encountered during drilling and borehole geophysical data.

  • Groundwater Level Mapper Tool
    - An interactive map that provides water levels measured in wells in the Maryland Observation Well Network

  • Maryland FieldScope
    - A project supporting the Explore and Restore Maryland Streams program. Enter watershed data and virtually explore your watershed.

  • Maryland Stream Health
    - An interactive map showing stream health around the state

  • MERLIN
    - (Maryland Environmental Resource and Land Information Network) - online mapping repository for Geographic Information System (GIS) spatial data for the Maryland Department of Natural Resources. Identify the closest natural resources that surround your school and community.

Annual Reports​

  • Black Bears
    - Annual report on Maryland's black bear hunt and links to overall population statistics

  • Game Birds
    - Various reports and updates on wild game bird populations, such as turkeys, grouse, and waterfowl

  • White-tailed Deer
    - A​nnual project report on Maryland’s deer population.


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