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.

Ecology