Monitoring the Bay
Design and Build...
Design and Build...
A Bay Monitoring Buoy
- Check out the Chesapeake Bay Interpretive Buoy System Website: http://buoybay.noaa.gov/
- Click on About the Buoy Technology and explore the various parts of a Monitoring Buoy.
- 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.