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Striped bass grown in an aquaculture tank

Problem-Solving Science Teaching [5:21]
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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]
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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]
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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 25 Number 1 : Life on the Susquehanna Flats
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Life on the Susquehanna Flats

June 2026 • Volume 25 Number 1
Large clump of green grasses float on top of a large body of water, amid puffy clouds

The Shallows That Shape the Chesapeake

The Susquehanna Flats are one of the Chesapeake’s most remarkable places. Home to the Bay’s largest expanse of submerged grasses, this vital habitat supports wildlife, water quality, and generations of waterfowl hunters. But when Tropical Storm Agnes swept through the watershed in the 1970s, the grass bed virtually disappeared. This story traces decades of loss and recovery on the Susquehanna Flats and their enduring value to the people and wildlife of the region.

Aerial view of the Conowingo Dam on the Susquehanna River

The Dam Question

The Conowingo Dam lies 10 miles up the Susquehanna River from the Chesapeake Bay. Behind the dam, a 9,000-acre reservoir has been steadily filling with sediments, which flow over the dam and into the Bay during heavy storms and floods.  Researchers are studying the dam’s impact on the Chesapeake Bay, as well as the role of the Susquehanna Flats in filtering these flows.

 
Sunset over the Susquehanna Flats

Ribbons of Silver, Nets of Blue

Until the mid-1900s, fishermen in the Susquehanna Flats area hauled in immense catches of native river herring, shad, and striped bass. Today, the commercial harvest is dominated by an invasive species, the blue catfish. Explore the storied history of commercial fisheries in the upper Bay.

 
A boat with fishermen drives across on the Susquehanna Flats

Fishing the Flats

Fishing enthusiasts flock to the Susquehanna Flats to pursue a range of species from striped bass to snakehead. The Flats play host to year-round fishing and hundreds of tournaments. “It’s about more than catching fish,” says one angler.

 
Cover photo by Dave Harp
Cover photo by Dave Harp

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