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In this lesson plan, students will learn about the unique and complicated threat coastal erosion, sea level rise, and climate change poses to cultural sites. Students will examine how maritime...
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Beneath South Carolina’s sandy soils lives a creature that’s both strange and familiar. Known as the antlion—or “doodlebug” across the South—this insect spends its early life hidden beneath the sand...
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Grades
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This lesson uses tabby, a historical building material local to coastal South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, to explore chemical reactions, changes in the state of matter during chemical reactions...
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Recently recognized as its own species, Bartram’s Bass tells a story of discovery, persistence, and conservation within the Savannah River system. Join the South Carolina Department of Natural...
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For more than four decades, researchers at South Carolina’s Yawkey Wildlife Center have studied one of the state’s most impressive and misunderstood predators — the American alligator. From tracking...
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Deep in the rugged mountains of South Carolina, the timber rattlesnake slithers in silence — both majestic and misunderstood. In this episode, see how trained biologists from SCDNR trek into remote...
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South Carolina’s coastline sets the stage for one of nature’s most enduring journeys—the nesting of the loggerhead sea turtle. From fragile barrier islands to bustling beaches, these ancient mariners...
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In this fun and tasty experiment, students will become young inventors as they design and build a “s’mores saver” to help melt chocolate and marshmallows using sunlight or warm spaces. They’ll learn...
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Grades
- 6
This lesson/lab allows the students to explore light and sound waves through media, articles, and classroom lab. The students will research, test, and draw conclusions about their findings.
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Grades
- 5
Students will conduct a fun and foamy investigation using common household substances to observe firsthand if mixing them together creates something entirely new. Through hands-on experimentation and...