This lesson plan for 1st to 5th grade students is designed to pair with South Carolina Sea Grant’s Freshwater and Saltwater Fish Printing Kits, which are free to borrow to any South Carolina K-12, nonformal, or homeschool educator.
Coastal Ecology
Sea Turtles of South Carolina Lesson Plan
This lesson plan for 4th and 5th grade students is an engaging look at South Carolina’s native turtle species.
Coastal Heritage – Reviving Eden
Ecological restoration reflects the American spirit—our constant utopian desire to rehabilitate the world. Are ecological restorers bringing back long-lost landscapes—or creating an artificial, costly “nature”?
Coastal Heritage – Exploring Early Carolina’s Natural Riches
Colonial South Carolina attracted adventurers who arrived here to explore and document its remarkable biological riches.
Coastal Heritage – The Arts of Science: A Search for Visual Ecology
Artists and scientists collaborate to help us perceive patterns of the natural world.
Coastal Heritage – First Impacts: Natural Systems Face Sea-Level Rise
Barrier and hammock islands, marshes, tidal wetlands, and their plants and creatures will have to be early adapters as the warming ocean creeps higher in coming decades.
Stormwater Ponds in Coastal South Carolina: State of Knowledge Report
This comprehensive report contains up-to-date scientific findings on stormwater ponds, their effectiveness as a control measure, pollutant levels, public perception, and best management practices.
The Economic Benefits of Beaches and Barrier Islands Infographic
This infographic highlights the main points of the Economic Benefits of Beaches and Barrier Islands report.
The Economic Benefits of South Carolina’s Beaches and Barrier Islands
This report examines the ecosystem services provided by South Carolina’s beach and barrier island systems from an economic perspective. The report synthesizes data from a variety of sources in order to place an estimated value on the services, in order to better inform their wise use and conservation.
S.C. Task Group on Harmful Algae Newsletter – Spring 2003
Scientists studied bald eagle deaths in the Southeast due to avianvacuolar myelinopathy, or AVM, and a possible link between the condition and the presence of the blue-green algae growing on Hydrilla in man-made reservoirs.