Teachers Notes: Field scope is an online interactive tool supplied by National Geographic the allows for science investigation

by educators, students, or citizens who want to be involved in the scientific issues of their community. This tool is open and free to educators and students. 1. http://chesapeake.fieldscope.org/

2. You can go through the tutorial or close it out and begin the interactive. 3. Locate your area of Virginia. Right click, hold and drag. 4. Choose the look of your map. The picture icons at the top of the map. Click on the drop down arrow by terrain. Choose satellite. This students to see the map as they might in Google Earth especially when using the zoom tool. 5. From the five tabs on the left side of the screen click layers. Here you can click/ highlight various characteristics on the map. Scroll down the menu and uncheck water depth and check the box for nutrients and sediment. 6. Find your local watershed. There are two ways to do so. The most accurate method is by clicking the search tab on the left and typing in an address or location. Click the compute watershed icon at the top of the map. It is the questions mark with the dot in red. The other method you simply choose the compute watershed tool and estimate where your local watershed is. 7. From your local watershed you can find the path that water flows to get to the Chesapeake Bay. Click either the flowpath tab on the left OR the compute flowpath icon at the top of the map. They will both perform the same task. A dotted line will appear to show the directional flow of water to the Chesapeake Bay. 8. To determine the types of pollutants that flow into your local watershed click the query point icon at the top of the map. It the question mark with the red dot. Once you have clicked the icon click overtop of your local watershed and various pie charts will appear with pollutant percentages. 9. Students can use this information to visually depict their local watershed, the flowpath and types of pollutants on the hardcopy map provided to them.

Sample Lesson: Human impacts on the Chesapeake Bay Intro: The Chesapeake Bay is the largest estuary in the United States. It is the home to a large variety of flora and fauna to include over 17 million individuals of the human population. The six states and District of Columbia that the Chesapeake Bay stretches across is full of economic value and beauty. Unfortunately, some of the activities of humans pose a great threat to the health of the Bay. PBL problem: There is an uproar at the town hall meeting in the City of Marriott. Citizens are enraged at the various issues concerning their communities. You have been invited to listen in on the meeting to gain knowledge on the exact issues. One womans story catches your attention. Mrs. Moore, a mother of two, is at the town hall meeting to express her concern as to why the local lakes has closed for yet another summer. She and her husband purchased a home on the lake after visiting the city and falling in love with its beauty. Her two children love to swim and were thrilled that there was a place to swim at their back door. However, for the last two summers the city has posted signs that the beach is closed due to algal blooms. She wants something to be done and soon so her family can get back to enjoying the lake or she and her husband will look into moving to another city. As a VISTA CSI you are asked to investigate this issue and come up with a proposal to reduce or eliminate the problem that is closing the lake. Materials: Groups of 2-3 students Computer with internet access Map of Virginia Colored pencils

Time: 2-2 hours 1-2 class periods Procedure: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Begin your research at http://www2.epa.gov/nutrientpollution Click on the problem to answer the questions on the guided reading sheet. Go to http://chesapeake.fieldscope.org/ Zoom out to get the entire map of Virginia in your view. Right click, hold and drag to get to move the map around. Locate your area of Virginia. Choose the look of your map. Using the picture icons at the top of the map click on the drop down arrow by terrain. Choose satellite. This allows you to see the map as you might in Google Earth especially when using the zoom tool. From the five tabs on the left side of the screen click layers. Scroll down the menu and uncheck water depth and check the box for nutrients and sediment. Find your local watershed. Click the search tab on the left and type in the school address. Click the compute watershed icon at the top of the map. It is the questions mark with the dot in red. On the map, click the area where your school is pinpointed and the watershed will be highlighted. From your local watershed you can find the path that water flows to get to the Chesapeake Bay. Click either the flow path tab on the left OR the compute flow path icon at the top of the map.

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They will both perform the same task. A dotted line will appear to show the directional flow of water to the Chesapeake Bay. 10. To determine the types of pollutants that flow into your local watershed click the query point icon at the top of the map. It is the question mark with the red dot. Once you have clicked the icon click overtop of your local watershed and various pie charts will appear with pollutant percentages. 11. On the hardcopy map provided to you, draw your local watershed and the flow path that leads to the Chesapeake Bay. 12. On your online map, zoom in as closely as you possibly can to get clear visuals of homes, streets and businesses. Follow your flow path to the Bay and as you do use the symbols provided to draw on your map where your pollutants may be coming from: a. Each symbol is equal to 10%. Round your percentages to the nearest whole number. i. Forest = tree ii. Agriculture = cow iii. Urban= house iv. Atmosphere= cloud v. Point Source = factory vi. Mixed Use= question mark 13. Students can use this information to visually depict their local watershed, the flow path and types of pollutants on the hardcopy map provided to them.

EPA Nutrient pollution guided reading Diretions: Use the following website to answer the questions below. http://www2.epa.gov/nutrientpollution 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. What two nutrients cause nutrient pollution? What are the positive aspects of nitrogen and phosphorous? What can happen when there is too much nutrients? What are the five main sources of nutrient pollution? What does each consist of? What are some of the human effects of nutrient pollution and harmful algal bloom? (List at least 5 effects) How does nutrient pollution enter the waterway? Where does it eventually end up? How many square miles of bays and estuaries have poor water quality due to nutrient pollution? What are effective ways you can help in your home, yard and community to reduce nutrient pollution in your neighborhood? Critical Thinking! Out of the methods you read to reduce nutrient pollution what would be the most effective methods a community could implement in their area to reduce nutrient pollution that is causing their local lake to close? List at three way and explain in detail what could be done.