Retired Projects

Chesapeake FieldScope
This capacity building project provided training and created web-based resources that helped educators effectively integrate FieldScope, a digital mapping tool, into their own meaningful watershed …

Inquiring with GIS (iGIS) and Mapping and Monitoring Maryland Streams
These professional development projects funded by NSF and NOAA (NSF 0422545, NOAA NA06NMF4570173) helped Central Appalachian and Maryland teachers guide students through local watershed investigations …

Partners in Ecology and Restoration of Schoolyards (PIERS)
This project helped western Maryland elementary school teachers and students improve schoolyard environments to provide native habitat, enhance water quality, and offer outdoor learning spaces …

Flood of Mud: The Roanoke River Past and Future
This video project produced an 18.5-minute documentary that highlight the Lab’s research on the effects of historical human disturbance on floodplain ecosystems and the role …

Citizens Restoring American Chestnuts
This citizen science project partnered western Maryland volunteers with Lab scientists to study viability of American Chestnut seedlings under environmental conditions of our region. It …

An Exploratory study linking teacher professional development with changes in teaching practices
For this NSF-funded (NSF 0833524) research project, we examined the impact of technology-intensive professional development (PD) on classroom practices through studies of PD designers and …

PopClock
This citizen science project partnered volunteers across North America with Lab scientists to study climate change impacts on poplar trees. It was part of a …

Portal to the Public (PoP) Network
For this evaluation/research project, our team initially conducted a summative evaluation of the NSF-funded (NSF 1224129) PoP Network, which is led by the Pacific …

STAR Partners
To fully appreciate environmental challenges within the Chesapeake Bay watershed and the role of science in helping us understand and address these challenges, students and …