Part 2 - Bringing 'Em Home!

For this part of the activity you will need a pencil, a good drawing hand, and a copy of the Bringing 'Em Home worksheet. This time you will be sketching your answers instead of writing them out in words.

Take a plunge into these Web sites to learn how the oyster in the Chesapeake Bay is harvested, and to see the special boats and equipment that are used.

• Tonging and Dredging from a Web site created by Bay Link, an educational site centered on the Chesapeake Bay estuary.

• Maryland Skipjack from a Web site sponsored by the Lower Eastern Shore Heritage Committee.

• Maryland Oystering another Web site sponsored by the Lower Eastern Shore Heritage Committee

• Oysters on a Workboat, a photograph from a collection held at Purdue University.

If your sketches are complete click on the "Ahead" button to learn about the Pacific (Japanese) oyster.