Monitoring the Bay

Design and Build...

A Bay Monitoring Buoy

1. Check out the Chesapeake Bay Interpretive Buoy System Website: http://buoybay.noaa.gov/

2. Click on About the Buoy Technology and explore the various parts of a Monitoring Buoy.

3. Using the available resources, design and build your own buoy. Your buoy must:

   • float

   • hold as many golf balls as possible

   • be at least 20 cm tall

   • be made of only the supplied materials

Here's an article about the scientist that led the program to place 10 buoys in Chesapeake Bay.