Available in mini-lab format only. Involve your students in hands-on activities that teach about fish and underwater habitats in an exciting way. Support for this program was provided by the Virginia Recreational Fishing Development Fund. The past is really not so far away. Explore a time when the giant shark, Megalodon patrolled the Chesapeak Bay.
Students become paleontologists underathing, identifying and analyzing fossil finds.
Bay Lab is a fully equipped education center located on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay at First Landing State Park. Our hands-on programs take advantage of this unique environment to give your students a learning experience that includes a field work on the beach, lab exercises, live animals and more. Combine your Bay Lab program with a Museum and IMAX visit for a discount. Trips need not be done in the same day. Program incorporates experiments, mapping exercises, and microscope work to help your students learn about the relationship between human activities and ecosystem dynamics.