Sultana Projects’ John Smith Trail Expeditions program is a great way to get your students out onto the waters of the Chesapeake Bay and experience America’s first National Historic Water Trail - the Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail. The program uses a traveling fleet of canoes that is brought to a waterway near your school, where your students then embark on a 3 to 5 hour field exploration. Overseen by Sultana Projects highly skilled staff, the John Smith Trail Expeditions program encourages students to examine the health of the Chesapeake by comparing and contrasting the modern Bay to the Chesapeake that was explored by Captain John Smith in 1608. Activities include paddling, water quality sampling, shoreline and marsh exploration, and visiting sites of importance to local Native American communities. The Expeditions program can accommodate school groups of up to 25 students, sixth grade and older.