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David Owen Bell is a ship captain with a background in oceanographic research, marine education, and sail training with young people. Capt. Bell is an avid writer and consultant who enjoys visiting schools to share his enthusiasm for writing and the Chesapeake Bay. His titles include Awesome Chesapeake, Chesapeake Bay Walk, and Dockmanship. As an outdoor education teacher, he has taken school groups out on the bay to experience how an estuary works. As a licensed Master Mariner, Capt. Bell has captained tugboats, sailing ships, excursion boats, and research vessels. He has extensively traveled from Canada to South America and from the Galápagos Islands to the Aegean Sea. An artist and longtime illustrator of children’s books, Marcy Dunn Ramsey is a graduate of Emmanuel College, where she received a BA degree. She lives with her family on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. Ramsey has been painting and drawing all her life, and since beginning her illustration career in 1988, has produced more than 50 books, including Awesome Chesapeake, Counties of Central Maryland, Counties of Maryland’s Lower Eastern Shore, Counties of Northern Maryland, Counties of Southern Maryland, It’s Up to You, Griffin!, Leonard Calvert and the Maryland Adventure, Oyster Moon, Rosie’s Posies, Santa Claws: The Christmas Crab, Secret of Belle Meadow, Suppose, The World Turned Upside Down, Osprey Adventure, and Beetle Boddiker. Ramsey’s long experience with children has helped her keep in tune with their likes and dislikes. Her greatest efforts are directed at communicating a sense of humor, excitement, and spontaneity in her work that encourages children to continue their discovery of the magic of reading.nbsp;A second edition updates this 25-year-old classic, introducing a new generation of kids to the Bay. Aimed at elementary and middle school students, Bell packs a lot of knowledge into a slim (63-page) volume, beginning with the formation of the Bay and guiding readers to the life under and around the water, while providing a road map for young citizen scientists eager to get involved. It’s a great gift for a kid who wants to explore the Bay (or one you’re trying to nudge in that direction).<br />
- Chesapeake Bay Magazine,
nbsp;In summary, this is an excellent book for elementary and lower middle school teachers to use in their classrooms. There are fun facts that teachers can use, and the best parts are how this book simplifies scientific concepts in student friendly language. If you get a chance add this book to your wish list, you won’t be disappointed.<br />
- VATS The Science Educator,
nbsp;For any child who is curious about places they haven't been
or even for kids in the Chesapeake Bay area either in New York or Virginia,
this book will tell the rich history of the Bay. Young readers will definitely
want to go there after reading this book; I know I do. There are fun facts all
throughout and many educational activity pages included. (Ages 8-12)
- Midwest Book Review,
nbsp;2022 Skipping Stones Book Honor Award Winner in Nature and Ecology Books<br />
- Skipping Stones,
The Chesapeake Bay is an amazing body of water—the largest estuary in North America, and Amazing Chesapeake, 2nd Edition encourages students to discover and explore it through the interesting traits of the plants, animals, birds, and fish they're likely to find in and around it.
Concepts such as watershed, airshed, and food web are explained in concise, understandable terms. A new "Citizen Science" guide to water quality empowers children and adults to monitor the health of local streams and creeks. And a "Fun-dex" game with Bay facts provides an entertaining and educational review of what they've read.
This fun and educational book will appeal not only to students, but teachers for classroom use, and it makes a great gift for any elementary or middle-schooler who lives or vacations in the area.
7
A Web of Life
10
People and the Chesapeake Bay
16
Life around the Chesapeake Bay
20
Life along the Shore
21
Life in the Water
27
Where do you live?
40
Citizen Science guide
46
Fun-dex
58
Learning More
61
Index
62
- Updated version of a classic and captivating look at the ecology of the Chesapeake Bay
- New edition includes a "Citizen Scientist" section, encouraging young readers to become active in addressing environmental concerns surrounding the Bay
- Includes a Fun-dex game with facts all about the Bay, an entertaining and educational review