Course Library
All Chesapeake Forum Library Courses are available FREE OF CHARGE. After clicking the “Course Details” button to open a course, you will find the YouTube links for the course session(s), and in newer courses, links to any handouts that might have been provided, at the bottom of the course description. Simply click the link(s) to get to the YouTube Video recording.
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- with Roger A. Mola
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Spring 2024

- with Douglas Levin, Ph.D
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Winter/Spring 2021
A sonar mapped oyster reef reveals geologic history of the Chesapeake Bay from 20,000 years ago.

- with Pamela Conrad, Ph.D.
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Winter 2022
Join ‘Pan’ Conrad, noted Mars Mission astrobiologist and Episcopal priest and pastor, for a wide-ranging conversation that ties together geographic exploration on earth, space exploration and tourism, empire building and colonialism, science fiction and moral discernment.

- with Ron Lesher
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Fall 2021
Who knew that Lewis Carroll ever contemplated or wrote a draft of the third book of the Alice Trilogy? We will explore some of the hidden meanings in Alice in Wonderland, Through the Looking Glass, and Exeunt Alice.

- with Ron Lesher
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Fall 2020
If black holes emit no light and swallow all that surrounds them, how can we know anything about them? Come and explore what we know about black holes and how we know this.

- with Michele Dodge
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Spring 2022
RECORDING NOW AVAILABLE! Join a wildlife photographer as she explores the birds of the Great Pacific Flyway, a major north-south migratory path over the Sacramento Valley of California. As a wildlife rescuer, she will also show what happens when wildlife clashes with humanity.

- with Larry Rudner, Ph.D.
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Winter 2022
Artificial Intelligence is the science and practice of systems that exhibit characteristics we associate with intelligent human behavior. This two-session overview course emphasizes interactive discussions regarding the implementations of AI in the United States and abroad.

- with Hunter Harris
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Fall 2020
Each session is a separate video production accessible to registered participants. Climb aboard Airship 103 and enjoy the flights, the views, and technical and operational aspects unique to blimps.

- with Larry Rudner
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Winter 2024

- with Jim McKee
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Fall 2023

- with Kristina Motley
- & Tim Carney
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Fall 2024

- with Doug Holly
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Fall 2024

- with Jim Scoggins
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Spring 2024

- with Wayne Bell, Ph.D.
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Spring 2023

- with Wayne Bell, Ph.D.
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Fall 2020
In collaboration with Pickering Creek Audubon Center, three (virtual) classes that focus on Eastern Shore songbirds that grace the Eastern Shore landscape. No birding experience needed.

- with Wayne Bell, Ph.D.
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Winter 2024

- with Wayne Bell, Ph.D.
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Spring 2024

- with Wayne Bell, Ph.D
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Winter/Spring 2021
Got waterfowl? Want to see some loons and gannets? How about a warbler or two and maybe even an elusive rail? A “yes” to any or all of these questions qualifies you for this course, with no birding experience necessary.

- with Wayne Bell, Ph.D.
- Course Type: Library
- Semester: Winter 2022
Two classes coupled with two day-long field trips will focus on waterfowl and coastal specialties likely to be seen in selected birding hotspots on Maryland's Eastern Shore. No birding expertise necessary.