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A movie theater? A running river? Rain? It’s all inside the new Wyland Clean Water Mobile Learning Center. Ready to roll in any school, community center, or museum, this partially bio-diesel powered, 1,000-square foot exhibit on wheels will change the way your community looks at water forever.

Become a Clean Water Challenge Agent

Upon entering the mobile learning center students are recruited as CWC agents. A film with special effects begins their training and they are tasked to solve mysterious disturbances in the health of our nation’s water habitats, with exhibits focusing on lake regions, river management estuaries, and ocean runoff.

“Wyland teaches kids how the things people do miles away from an ocean or bay eventually can affect the quality of water there.” — Washington Post, Nov. 8, 2007

Become a Friend of the Bay! During the festival, visit our Bay Days Concession booth located on the corner of Queens Way & Kings Street or simply click here on the Friend of the Bay form. You can also visit us at the Bay Days office located at 34 Wine Street in Hampton, VA. Click here if you are interested in becoming a Bay Days volunteer, vendor, sponsor, or exhibitor.

Hampton Bay Days conducts a reading and writing contest called, “Estuary Essays.” An estuary is where rivers meet the sea in shallow, protected bays. Children can check-out books from Hampton Public Libraries or purchase them from Barnes and Noble. An “Estuary Essays” book list has been developed by the Hampton Public Library and includes Awesome Chesapeake: A Kid’s Guide to the Bay by David Owen Bell and the charming “Chadwick the Crab” series by Priscilla Cummings and for older readers, Waterman’s Boy by Susan Sharpe and Beautiful Swimmers by William Warner. To enter the “Estuary Essays” contest; children have the option of reading one book or several from the list and then writing an essay about what they learned about the Chesapeake Bay. Essays must cite each book read and the age of the writer. All children under eighteen in the Hampton Roads Area are eligible to enter the contest. All children who paticipate are automatically registered to become members of the Clean Water Kids Club. Winners will receive prizes at a special ceremony during Hampton Bay Days. The “Estuary Essays” book lists are available at the Hampton Public Library and at Barnes and Noble. Winners will be notified by September 1. View our Reading List.