The Chesapeake Bay Foundation launched CBF Online Watershed Learning (CBF OWL), a new education program designed to bring CBF's expert environmental educators live into online classrooms. Since the COVID-19 pandemic began in the spring, CBF's educators have been working to transform the lessons they typically deliver to students on boats, canoes, and hiking trails for students learning remotely.
CBF OWL achieves this goal by providing schools with a team of educators who lead an online and interactive 45-minute lesson about a Chesapeake Bay environmental subject. Teachers and administrators can choose from topics such as Chesapeake Bay ecosystems, connections between land and water, forests, and oysters. The first live OWL lessons began in classrooms throughout the Chesapeake Bay watershed on Oct. 5.
When a teacher signs up for an OWL class, a CBF educator will review the lesson in advance with the teacher and introduce him or her to CBF's Learn Outside, Learn at Home online resources. Learn Outside, Learn at Home is a new, free library of online videos and investigations created by CBF to encourage students to examine environmental issues in their neighborhoods and throughout the Chesapeake Bay's watershed.
Teachers or administrators interested in bringing a CBF program to their online classrooms can reserve a date and time at http://www.cbf.org. There is a fee per reservation, and fee waivers are available for schools that qualify, which includes Title 1 or FARM schools. CBF uses the registration fees to support the organization's education program.
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