Mystery Cargo
Welcome to the Mystery Cargo Website. Here you will follow along with our friends from the Chesapeake Bay to learn about everything from how solutions are formed to how environmentally hazardous materials can impact living creatures in the Chesapeake Bay.

The Mission:Your mission is to locate a missing container that fell off a cargo ship in the Chesapeake Bay. You will learn how to use sonar and how to identify mystery liquids in order to help figure out what was in the container. Then, you'll find ways to clean-up the spill and help restore the environment.
Mixtures Sponsors
Layers & Currents Creators
Sonar For Teachers
Identifying Substances
Predicting Impact
Restoring the Environment
Cool Facts:Did you know that a female crab can produce up to 8,000,000 eggs? Crabs have not overrun the world because on average only 1 out of every 1,000,000 eggs, 0.0001%, survive to become mature adults.
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