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Loggerhead
Lessons: A Web-Based Educational Resource
-by Rachel Teller, MES This
website provides educators with everything they need to teach
process skills such as making inferences, using and creating a
dichotomous key, plotting on a coordinate plane, reading comprehension,
skimming and skanning, and more. All of the lesson plans are written
in the 5Es format to promote leaning via inquiry and they are
aligned with the National Science Standards Level 5-8. This site
is also appropriate for the general public as it contains accurate
information and relevant images to help aid in the understanding
of the life history of loggerhead sea turtles and the management
efforts currently underway to help increase their numbers.
Commonly
Found Marine Mollusks of the Southeastern United States
-by Sara K. Saksewski When
you walk along a beach scattered with shells, you are basically
walking among skeletons. Each shell is a remnant of an animal
that once lived. If you enjoy collecting shells or want to know
more about them, this site is for you. This online resource is
designed for educator's to use in their classrooms as well as
for the general public. It contains a dichotomous key to aid in
identification, many colorful photos, activities for grades K-8,
conservation information, and more. All activities meet S.C. Science
Standards. All shells on this site were found locally and are
the most commonly found species in the Southeastern United States,
which encompasses North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia.
A field guide is included which can be printed and used to identify
species found on the beach. Background information is included
to familiarize both teachers and students with marine mollusks
as well as resources for further information.
An Educator's Guide to Folly Beach -
by Steven Vettese
This site was designed to offer basic information on South Carolina's
barrier islands for both educators and non-educators alike.
It offers background content and images for educators to use
in teaching coastal marine science. Most of the information
contained in the guide is general and can be applied to many
local barrier island. However, the sections on history and erosion
are more specific to Folly Beach.
Throughout the site you will find information presented in a
variety of ways. Many of the topics contain introductory images.
These are designed to be used in guided inquiry activities in
the classroom. These images will help generate discussion, problem
solving and divergent thinking. The site also contains some
animation of coastal processes, and activities to do when at
the beach.
Explore
Folly Island - An educational product for exploring coastal geology - by Kim Owens and Elizabeth
Rogers (temporarily under construction)
It is estimated that more than a quarter of a million people flock
to South Carolina's coastal region on any given summer day. Located
along the central coast of S.C., Folly Island is highly utilized
and sought after as residential and recreational "hot spot"
because of its close proximity to the City of Charleston. This
educational website was created based on the idea that an in-depth
understanding of the dynamic processes governing the S.C. coast,
specifically the evolution of barrier islands, is crucial for
making sound decisions concerning this precious environment. The
educational guide focuses on Folly Island, a well-populated barrier
island with an ever-changing coastline. This island is presented
as a model to represent the marine and coastal processes involved
in the creation and destruction of S.C. barrier islands.
The
Ever-Changing Beach - by Betsy
Sheffield (2.34MB) The
beach is a wonderful outdoor classroom, more than just a destination
for summer vacation. Many children raised on the coast are not
educated on the unique habitat and environment of the barrier
islands; some have never seen the ocean! Hopefully this set
of beach profiling activities will be a first step in remedying
that situation. What's more, most students can describe little
more than just sand on the beach. How do islands form? What
makes sand move? Does anything live on the beach and in the
sand? What makes dunes important? These simple questions deserve
answers, and this activity packet leads you and your students
to them. You will discover what lives on the beach, the various
sizes and constituents of sand, how dunes form, and how to survey
the beachfront. Additionally,
each activity is correlated with the final version of the South
Carolina Science Curriculum Standards (June 2000) for grades
six through eight. The strands addressed by each activity are
listed in the box at the beginning of the activity.
The
Circle of Life - Discovering the food web of the maritime forest
- by Jennifer Jolly (1.94MB)
This field trip focuses
on the maritime forest at Edisto
Beach State Park located on Edisto Island, SC. The maritime
forest is bordered by salt marsh and contains plant species typically
found in most local maritime forest ecosystem. The field trip
is structured so that it can be teacher-led and focuses on the
food web and nutrient recycling in the maritime forest. To help
illustrate this point, students will view the maritime forest
through the eyes of early settlers. A set of field guides will
be available at Edisto Beach State Park's Nature Center for the
teacher to use. Background information and the nature guides will
aid the teachers and students in discovering the food web of the
maritime forest. This packet includes pre-site activities, on-site
activities and post-site activities to reinforce learning. Edisto
Beach State Park will send out pre-site activities and information
after the teacher makes a reservation.
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