Maryland Sea Grant [Chesapeake Quarterly masthead]
2004
3
Table of Contents
Subscribe
Download pdf

Video Spotlights

The quality of the video depends on the speed of your connection to the Internet. The length of each video is given in minutes and seconds (mm:ss). We appreciate your comments about each of the videos.

Youtube icon

You can also watch these videos on Maryland Sea Grant's YouTube Channel.



Striped bass grown in an aquaculture tank

Problem-Solving Science Teaching [5:21]
video | comments

Can students raise striped bass in their high school and middle school classrooms? Only if they can tackle and solve a slew of research questions and technical problems, ranging from water quality to food supply to fish disease. At South Carroll High School, science teacher Bob Foor-Hogue set up aquaculture projects for his students and the result was a pioneering, problem-solving approach to science education. Working with Foor-Hogue Sea Grant educators Adam Frederick and Jackie Takacs are now exporting his approach and their fish to other schools around the state.

Scott McIntosh talking about teaching aquaculture in the classroom

In Their Own Words [3:21]
video | comments

Teachers have to learn before they can teach, and if they are going to teach aquaculture they have a lot to learn. Bob Foor-Hogue of South Carroll High School and Adam Frederick of Maryland Sea Grant Extension have been organizing summer workshops for teachers since 1998. They claim an aquaculture project is one of the best ways to get American students to plug into serious science. Here's what some of the teachers who plugged into the workshop have to say about the experience.

Adam Frederick with two students examining the wildlife

The Case for Environmental Education [2:23]
video | comments

When Adam Frederick taught high school biology he got his students into science by getting them out of the classroom - out into the woods and fields and streams where they could see biology at work. Environmental science leads to better scores in science, according to Frederick, now a Marine Science Educator with Maryland Sea Grant Extension. And it's a teaching tool that can be used across all disciplines.

Chesapeake Quarterly : Volume 24 Number 2 : The Nature of Learning: Environmental Education for the Next Generation
Maryland Sea Grant Chesapeake Quarterly Online logo in front of a wetland
Home > Volume 24 Number 2 > The Nature of Learning: Environmental Education for the Next Generation

The Nature of Learning: Environmental Education for the Next Generation

December 2025 • Volume 24 Number 2
Three students stand around a circular aquaculture tank full of water, as they use water quality measuring tools

Experiencing an Education

By Annalise Kenney

Imagine a class of high school students working together to operate fish tanks, solve problems, and care for hundreds of animals. This is Aquaculture in Action: it’s wet, messy, and a great learning experience. Find out how this hands-on program has been building scientific understanding and curiosity in Maryland students for 30 years.

A spotted salamander pokes its head out of a pile of wet leaves on the ground

Science Lessons by Salamander

By Ashley Goetz

Follow Maryland students as they raise spotted salamanders in the classroom, getting an up-close look at amphibian development and the unique symbiosis between salamander embryos and green algae.

 
A group of children stand in a line on top of a pile of oyster shells

Living and Learning Laboratories

By Wendy Mitman Clarke

Researchers at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science reach K-12 schools, teachers, and local communities with world-class access to environmental science. Explore this institution’s legacy of youth education.

 
A group of teens with nets and buckets wade into a shallow creek in the woods

Building a Sustainable Food Workforce in Baltimore

By Ashley Goetz

Seven Baltimore City teens spent the summer engaging in science, caring for aquatic animals, learning how food is produced, and exploring new career paths. Along the way, they gained practical skills, confidence, and a deeper understanding of how food, water, and community are connected.

 
 Download pdf
Cover photo by Ashley Goetz
Cover photo by Ashley Goetz

In This Issue

Related Links

Maryland Sea Grant

5825 University Research Court
Suite 1350
College Park, MD 20740

[Maryland Sea Grant] Maryland Sea Grant NOAA
Stay Connected
 
Chesapeake Quarterly is published by Maryland Sea Grant | Privacy Policy | © 2026 Maryland Sea Grant