The small room is papered with maps of the world and of the Chesapeake Bay, and posters of native flowers and plants. Someone has chalked a hot button question on the blackboard: "Should the population of mute swans be controlled by shooting them?" On a bookshelf, a tiny terrapin in a glass cage splashes around, seeking attention.
The fourth- and fifth-graders are members of the Kennard Elementary School Advanced Ecology & Distance Learning Club. They are busy studying the local...
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