Teachers were exposed to many new concepts throughout the week. Above, David Minges of the Chesapeake Bay Trust gives a talk about grant writing and how to obtain money. To the left, Dr. Andy Kane lectures about fish health and defenses against disease. Teachers spent a day at the Center of Marine Biotechnology's Aquaculture Research Center in Fells Point, Maryland. John Stubblefield explains the research goals of the facility.
Teachers look on at striped bass in an environmentally controlled recirculating system.
The facility also houses other animals. Dr. Al Place is trying to understand how incubation temperature influences genetic control of sex determination in terrapins. Educators from Arlington Echo Outdoor Education Center designed and built an upflow biological filter for their already existing system used for yellow perch. Teachers were eager to add observation windows to their systems to ease the view of the future occupants. The Maryland Department of Natural Resources generously provided a very successful electrofishing survey of the stream behind South Carroll High School.