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    Clagett Farm Education Center is a nearly 300-acre historic farm located 12 miles southeast of Washington D.C. that demonstrates environmentally sustainable farming practices and their relationship to water quality in the Chesapeake Bay. Students explore the farm's organic vegetable fields, pastures, and forested buffers and examine examples of schoolyard habitats designed to slow and filter stormwater runoff. The center offers day-long field programs for grades 4 and up that focus on concepts like stream investigation, insect surveys, and sustainable agriculture either at the farm or along the nearby Patuxent River.

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    Clagett Farm Education Center is a nearly 300-acre historic farm located 12 miles southeast of Washington D.C. that demonstrates environmentally sustainable farming practices and their relationship to water quality in the Chesapeake Bay. Students explore the farm's organic vegetable fields, pastures, and forested buffers and examine examples of schoolyard habitats designed to slow and filter stormwater runoff. The center offers day-long field programs for grades 4 and up that focus on concepts like stream investigation, insect surveys, and sustainable agriculture either at the farm or along the nearby Patuxent River.

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    Clagett Farm Education Center is a nearly 300-acre historic farm located 12 miles southeast of Washington D.C. that demonstrates environmentally sustainable farming practices and their relationship to water quality in the Chesapeake Bay. Students explore the farm's organic vegetable fields, pastures, and forested buffers and examine examples of schoolyard habitats designed to slow and filter stormwater runoff. The center offers day-long field programs for grades 4 and up that focus on concepts like stream investigation, insect surveys, and sustainable agriculture either at the farm or along the nearby Patuxent River.

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    Clagett Farm Education Center is a nearly 300-acre historic farm located 12 miles southeast of Washington D.C. that demonstrates environmentally sustainable farming practices and their relationship to water quality in the Chesapeake Bay. Students explore the farm's organic vegetable fields, pastures, and forested buffers and examine examples of schoolyard habitats designed to slow and filter stormwater runoff. The center offers day-long field programs for grades 4 and up that focus on concepts like stream investigation, insect surveys, and sustainable agriculture either at the farm or along the nearby Patuxent River.

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    CLAGETT FARM EDUCATION CENTER

    11904 Old Marlboro Pike, Upper Marlboro, MD 20772

    PROGRAM
    DESCRIPTION
    Clagett Farm, CBFs only
    land-based education center,
    is an almost 300-acre historic
    tobacco farm 12 miles southeast of Washington, D.C., and six
    miles west of Marylands Patuxent
    River (just outside Upper Marlboro,
    Maryland). A living model of environmentally sustainable farming practices, the farm demonstrates the relationships between land use and water
    quality in the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries.
    Clagett Farms rolling landscape is covered with 20 acres of organic
    vegetables, clover, and grass pastures for our beef cattle, and 60 acres of
    forested buffer. Traveling by hay wagon and foot, we explore the farm,
    the forest, and our stream to discover our connection to the Chesapeake
    Bay. Students view several examples of schoolyard habitats designed to
    slow, cool, and filter harmful stormwater runoff. Students also examine
    the runoff plots, an activity designed to simulate rainwater runoff on
    urban and agricultural lands and how it affects the health of local streams
    and the Bay.

    PROGRAM CONCEPTS
    Here is a list of concepts and activities that may be emphasized during
    your time at Clagett Farm. (Activities can be altered to accommodate your time schedule.) CBF staff will work with you during
    your pre-program call to tailor your experience so that it complements your classroom content. Most programs run on the farm.
    We can also provide a day on the Patuxent River. Visiting both locations on the same day is possible, but requires over seven hours.

    At The FarmGrades four and up

    On the Patuxent RiverGrades six and up

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    n
    n
    n

    Stream investigation
    Insect survey
    Schoolyard habitat
    (e.g., rain gardens)
    Farm animal appreciation
    Sustainable organic farming

    n
    n
    n
    n

    Mapping skills
    Forest investigation
    Water-quality testing
    Land use (rural, urban,
    and suburban)

    SAMPLE FARM PROGRAM


    Introduction
    Maps and games
    Farm chores/land-use
    experiments
    Lunch

    Hayride
    Visit cattle
    Insect or forest investigation
    School yard habitats
    Wrap up and departure

    Maximum capacity on farm:


    30 (single group), 60 (double group).
    Maximum capacity on river: 23 (single group).

    n
    n
    n
    n

    Canoeing (grade 6 and up)


    Marsh mucking
    Physical, biological, and chemical surveys
    Wetland/river ecology
    Biodiversity

    SAMPLE RIVER PROGRAM

    Introduction
    Canoe instruction
    Maps
    River exploration
    Lunch

    Trail walk
    Wetland investigation
    Seining for fish and water-quality
    survey
    Clean up, wrap up and departure

    All schedules are subject to change.


    To apply for a field experience, visit our website at cbf.org/apply.
    For inquiries, contact the CBF Scheduling Department at
    800/445-5572. Clagett Farm Education Program: 301/943-8745

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