{"id":1684,"date":"2019-07-06T16:50:33","date_gmt":"2019-07-06T20:50:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/MapsRUS\/?page_id=1684"},"modified":"2019-07-08T22:12:05","modified_gmt":"2019-07-09T02:12:05","slug":"chesapeake-bay-institute","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/MapsRUS\/a-map-a-day\/chesapeake-bay-institute\/","title":{"rendered":"Chesapeake Bay Institute"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #008000\"><strong>Welcome\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><strong>Map Based Investigations<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Provide students with the opportunity to acquire information from an interactive map. As students explore the maps they<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/MapsRUS\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1329\/2019\/07\/statesbay.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1703 \" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/MapsRUS\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1329\/2019\/07\/statesbay-300x213.jpg\" alt=\"Virginia, West Virginia Maryland in the Chesapeake Bay watershed.\" width=\"254\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/MapsRUS\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1329\/2019\/07\/statesbay-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/MapsRUS\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1329\/2019\/07\/statesbay.jpg 522w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 254px) 100vw, 254px\" \/><\/a> employ analytical skills as they interpret the information presented and draw conclusions.<\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><em>Physical and Human Characteristics of the Chesapeake Bay Region<\/em><\/span><\/h5>\n<p>In this exercises identify the states that comprise the Chesapeake<\/p>\n<p>Bay region to discover that all states in this watershed do not directly touch the Bay. They use aerial imagery to identify similarities and differences at three locations and then compare their interpretations with data from a vintage USA Topographic map. They are challenged to compare land use patterns at the state and county scales to determine how scale affects data interpretation.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/MapsRUS\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1329\/2019\/07\/Characteristics-of-the-Bay_MBI_1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Characteristics of the Bay (pdf)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/MapsRUS\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1329\/2019\/07\/Characteristics-of-the-Bay_MBI_1_woanswers.docx\">Characteristics of the Bay_(Word, without answers)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/arcg.is\/1rOSTK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Link to Map<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><em>Exploring Virginia Watersheds<\/em><\/span><\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/MapsRUS\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1329\/2019\/07\/salinity.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1711 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/MapsRUS\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1329\/2019\/07\/salinity-146x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"146\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/MapsRUS\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1329\/2019\/07\/salinity-146x300.jpg 146w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/MapsRUS\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1329\/2019\/07\/salinity-197x406.jpg 197w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/MapsRUS\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1329\/2019\/07\/salinity.jpg 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 146px) 100vw, 146px\" \/><\/a>Where does Virginia&#8217;s water go? This map-based investigation answers that question by tracing the pathways the Roanoake, James, and New rivers take to the sea\u00a0 Students examine the components of a river system and investigate changes in salinity throughout the Bay. As students interact with the map, they pose questions and craft hypotheses to predict relationships among elevation, topography, and fresh water.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/MapsRUS\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1329\/2019\/07\/Watersheds-in-Virginia_final_MBI_2.pdf\">Exploring Virginia Rivers (pdf)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Exploring Virginia Rivers (Word, without answers)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/arcg.is\/1u4yb5\"><span style=\"font-size: inherit\">Link to Map<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/MapsRUS\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1329\/2019\/07\/Annotated_map.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How to Annotate a Map<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/MapsRUS\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1329\/2019\/07\/Chesapeake_Bay_Lesson-1.pdf\">Chesapeake_Bay_Lesson<\/a> from the Instrudctional Guide to ArcGIS, second edition by Keranen and Malone.<\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome\u00a0 Map Based Investigations Provide students with the opportunity to acquire information from an interactive map. As students explore the maps they employ analytical skills as they interpret the information presented and draw conclusions. Physical and Human Characteristics of the Chesapeake Bay Region In this exercises identify the states that comprise the Chesapeake Bay region &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/MapsRUS\/a-map-a-day\/chesapeake-bay-institute\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Chesapeake Bay Institute<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":151,"featured_media":0,"parent":7,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"full-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/MapsRUS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1684"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/MapsRUS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/MapsRUS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/MapsRUS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/151"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/MapsRUS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1684"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/MapsRUS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1684\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1768,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/MapsRUS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1684\/revisions\/1768"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/MapsRUS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/MapsRUS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}