Skipjackin'
July 11-17
Open to students entering grades 9-12 in Fall 2010

Come on a one-week long exploration of the middle Chesapeake Bay with veteran CBF staff members aboard the Stanley Norman, a 107-year-old skipjack. Students will be the crew for the week, taking on different jobs each day. Their experiences will build up to "the challenge day" when they will be responsible for sailing and navigating the boat. Along the journey students will learn to work as a team while sailing open Bay waters, venturing into historic ports, learning maritime history of the Bay, contributing to a group service project, making biological observations, testing water quality, and being immersed in the Chesapeake Bay. Come aboard for a trip of a lifetime!
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Chesapeake Exploration
July 18-24
Open to students entering grades 7-8 in Fall 2010

Trying to figure out how to spend the summer? Does getting dirty while canoeing and exploring uninhabited islands of the Chesapeake Bay sound fun? What about catching oysters and crabs from the deck of a workboat? This summer, spend a week exploring the Chesapeake Bay! For one week, you and other students from around the bay will paddle, camp, and muck your way down one of its amazing tributaries to our final destination on Fox Island. Questions discussed will include "what is the health of the Bay," "how do we affect the water," and "what can we do to help?" Leadership skills, group living, service, and environmental responsibility will be points of emphasis throughout the trip. So what are you waiting for? Sign up and join us for a Chesapeake Exploration.
7 days/6 nights camping and at CBF's Fox Island Study Center
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Rivers to the Bay
July 25-31
Formerly known as Biking the Bay 

For those invited students, please see the course description in your hard copy mailing.  This course will not involve bike riding. 

7 days/6 nights camping and at CBF’s Karen Noonan Study Center

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Mountains to the Bay
August 1-7
Open to students entering grades 9-12 in Fall 2010

The best way to get to know the Chesapeake Bay and all its majesty is to follow one of the largest tributaries that runs through West Virginia, Washington, D.C., and Maryland: the Potomac River. Come hike and paddle with CBF expert leaders for one week to investigate land uses, natural wonders, and hidden towns along this mighty river. See and measure the health of the Potomac River through water quality testing and biological sampling. The trip will also include a service project that will benefit the river's tributaries. We will be camping along the banks of the river until we make our way to the Great Fox Island education center in the heart of the Chesapeake Bay. There we will be completely immersed in activities like fishing, canoeing, marsh-mucking, exploring disappearing islands, beach proggin', observing marsh wildlife, and interviewing watermen, all while learning a multitude of hard and soft leadership skills. Come join us on an adventure that you will never forget!
7 days/6 nights camping and at CBF’s Fox Island Study Center
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Sample Itinerary (pdf)

This itinerary shows what students may do during a CBF Student Leadership Course.  The itinerary is weather dependent and changes for each course.  Please note that each course will include camping.