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Exploring the Pee Dee River through a scenic kayak tour.
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This collection will take you on a quick tour through some of the resources that you can find on KnowItAll. The videos were obtained by entering the search term water into the KnowItAll search engine.
There are, of course, other ways to locate all sorts of content--for example, by subject (Career Education, Foreign Language, Social Studies), series title (i.e., First Step Spanish, Project Discovery Revisited, or Idella Bodie's South Carolina Women) or website name (i.e., Artopia, Gullah Net, or Road Trip Through S.C. Civil Rights History).
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A marine artificial reef is an added substrate positioned on a flat, featureless, sandy ocean bottom. The reef is totally natural, with the exception of the structure on which it grows. Natural reefs...
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The research vessel Palmetto is the largest ship operated by the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources. It is used to monitor offshore marine fisheries in South Carolina, Georgia, North...
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Archaeologists with the South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology are working to uncover the site formerly known as Charlesfort, the settlement established by Huguenots seeking refuge...
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A harbor is a very busy place. At the Charleston Harbor in Charleston, South Carolina, the waters are patrolled by the harbor police, whose job it is to monitor the waters for boater safety...
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Food preparation for the many animals at the aquarium takes time. The songbirds eat different foods than the predatory birds. Some of the foods eaten by the birds include apples, peas, meal, carrots...
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The South Carolina Aquarium, located in Charleston, South Carolina, is an impressive place to visit. Operated by a nonprofit organization, the aquarium is 40th in size and fifth in biodiversity. A...
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The unique geology of the "Fall Line " forms rocky, whitewater rapids typical of the Blue Ridge on the Saluda River near Columbia, South Carolina. Much of the land along this section of river is...
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Peter is a physical education professor at the University of South Carolina, where he teaches canoeing and kayaking as a healthy pursuit and a fun way to enjoy nature. In this video, we take a trip to...
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Decoy wood needs to be light and resistant toward water and waterborne, termite-like insects that bore into wood. Atlantic white cedar is an excellent variety of such wood, but the tree’s population...
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In June 2002, an 18th century Cherokee canoe was found in the cold clear water of the Chattooga River. Early Cherokee canoes called dugouts were burned and scraped out of single tree trunks. The...
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Wood Song Canoes, Phil's business, gets its name from the feeling he gets as he quietly glides through the water in a well made wooden boat. We visited Phil and his son as they "baptized" a new boat...
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A typical Phil Greene canoe is a Spotlight of exotic and indigenous woods that were cut, sanded, carved and refined for six months or more. The canoes combine sculptural details with practical design...
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Brian Rutenberg created a painting based on a poem, Reeds Rise from Water.
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Thats what Arnold Postell, a senior biologist at South Carolina Aquarium, says about conserving and caring for the environment. Postell, a Charleston native, spent most of his time growing up in the...
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The Eye Wonder team explores a submarine. D.V. meets a submarine captain who tells him all about the science and technology of submarines and how they can be used to collect samples and data for other...
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The Eye Wonder team discovers oceanography. D.V. visits an oceanographer who explains why the sea is "salty" and the scientific study of the ocean.
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The Eye Wonder team investigates how sewage is treated. D.V. visits a treatment plant and learns how the water is purified through several treatments and during one treatment, the water is cleaned...
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The Eye Wonder team finds out how hydroelectric power works. D.V. visits a dam where he learns that hydroelectric power is gained from the potential energy of falling lake water.
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For Elena Madden, inspiration for her art is in light patterns and ever-changing colors of fluid surfaces. Residing in Beaufort, coupled with living on a houseboat, Elena's inspiration is all around...
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In this webisode, as Ian Sanchez traveled through the Piedmont, he noticed the river had changed since leaving the mountains. Read more of his summary below: Ian's Journal As I traveled through the...
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The Web of Water documentary is a wonderful companion to the site's content. Edited as a half-hour broadcast program, the video covers Ian's complete adventure from the mountains to the sea, and...
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In this webisode, Ian Sanchez explores how the waterways of the Sandhills and Fall Line Zone connect landscapes, communities, and generations. As the Saluda widens below Lake Greenwood and joins other...
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Life on Daufuskie Island, a small place off of Hilton Head, is simple, quiet and full of history.
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