Program Highlights

Maryland Sea Grant College is developing a network of "aquaculture educators" in Maryland in partnership with local school systems. By partnering with local school systems like Carroll County Public Schools that have current model aquaculture programs, the use of aquaculture as a "tool for teaching science" is expanding throughout the state. The Aquaculture in Action program consists of some fundamental pieces that are key to its success:

• One-week workshops that support teachers with an aquaculture companion manual and materials and equipment for the construction of a 260-gallon recirculating aquaculture system. Visit workshops for more details. Also view the photo gallery from the first workshop held during the summer of 1998.
• A one-of-a-kind web based component that gives teachers and students the ability to enter project data related to their research in the classroom and communicate with one another about projects and ideas.
• Support throughout the school year including the coordination of obtaining native fish for culture and the release of fish at the end of the school year at approved locations in Maryland.

News & Notes

May 10, 2012

At Westminster High School in Carroll County, Maryland, a greenhouse is full of more than plants or veggies being readied for a spring fundraiser — it is full of discovery and ideas. The interior of the six-year old greenhouse is humming with the sounds of pumps, compressed air, and other life support systems that enable students in Science Research courses to design experiments, ask questions, and get into science in a way that is all too often out of reach. More . . .

November 6, 2009

The Carroll County Public School (CCPS) system continues to be a leader in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education Maryland in innovation and technology through their unique Science Research courses I & II curriculum. More . . .