Betsy McAllister, Hampton City Schools science teacher specialist, and Karen Brace, Booker Elementary School science teacher, instruct students during an oyster planting event at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., June 8, 2017. Since oysters are filter feeders, they improve water quality and consume phytoplankton in the surrounding water.

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