Teacher Resources & Extensions

Classroom Activities:

• ERDG Poetry and Art Contest
• Create 3D Horseshoe Crab Model

Funding Opportunities:

• ARE Grants​
• Chesapeake Bay Trust
• Captain Planet Foundation

More resources to extend your classroom’s TEAM experience:

• MDNR Aquatic Resource Education Horseshoe Crab History
• Bay Backpack
• Ecological Research & Development Group (ERDG)
• Atlantic States Marine Fishery Commission (ASMFC)
• Edutopia
  
• Great reads for the Classroom:
  • ​Crab Moon by by Ruth Horowitz ISBN 076362313X
  • Extraordinary Horseshoe Crab by Julie Dunlap ISBN 1575052938
  • Moon Bird by Phillip Hoose ISBN 146686706X

Climate change is real and is having an impact on Maryland’s natural resources. 

Here are some vetted and useful websites to help you incorporate this topic into your science lessons:

• Cleanet
• Chesapeake Bay Program
• NOAA