Teachers Guides to the Interactives

Our guides are full of useful information about each interactive, including –

Applicable standards
Step-by-step instructions and tips
Printable charts, graphic organizers, and worksheets
Answer keys and rubrics
Scripts for narrated portions of the interactive
Lesson plans
Vocabulary words
Tips on using the interactive with less-skilled readers

The Interactives

BayQuest

Students tour eight Bay locations to find animals or plants that should be featured in the video series, learning about the ways in which they are adapted to their environment.

Meal Deal

What’s for dinner at the Chesapeake watershed? Students discover predator/prey and consumer/producer relationships as they play this card game based on food chains throughout the ecosystem.

The water cycle is featured in this interactive, as students grapple with the proposed development of a Mega Mall in Bayville. Using their PDAs, students report back to the PROduction Company, telling them what they think the important story elements are.

BayLab: What’s Killing the SAV?

A hands-on science lab becomes the place where students explore various hypotheses about the reasons for the disappearance of submerged aquatic vegetation. Which one makes the most sense to the students? Their report to the PROduction Company explains.

Here There Be Monsters

Is the recent sighting of Chessie, the mythical beast of the Chesapeake, a hoax? Students have to figure that out for themselves by talking with geologists, people who claim to have seen Chessie and others in this interactive story.

Chesapeake Champs

Are your students Chesapeake Champs? They can find out by exploring a Bay-smarts survey – and learning about others who have made a difference in the present and future of the Bay. The students tell the PROduction Company which of the Chesapeake Champs should be featured in their TV series.

Cinema Bayville

Videos shot throughout the watershed are the focus of this interactive, allowing students choices to gather visual information about the topics explored throughout the site.