Happy January everyone! This month we are shining a spotlight on an educator. Andi recently participated in a Sea Turtle Exploration workshop at the Aquarium and used some of the curriculum with her students. Learn more about her below!
Name
Andi Webb
Subject/Grade level taught
I teach K-5th grade remediation in all subject areas. ... Read More
Tag: teacher workshop
24
Mar2017
Today we are bringing you a bonus blog post in order to introduce to you our brand new Educator. We are so excited to have Gail join our Education team at the Aquarium:
Hello everyone! My name is Gail and I am the Visitor Experiences Coordinator—a new, full-time Education team member ... Read More
10
Dec2015
For our last blog post of the year, we bring you a special guest writer. This week we are hearing from Ms. Lausten, a teacher from Virginia who is kind enough to share her experience using the Sea Turtle Exploration curriculum in her fourth grade classroom.
Last fall I was lucky enough to walk ... Read More
04
Jun2015
Summer is around the corner. Sea turtles are already coming ashore to lay nests. You can keep track of how many nests are laid in your area using Seaturtle.org's nesting data base.
Here are links to current nests near the Aquarium:
Carolina Beach: 1 nest
Kure Beach: 2 nests
Fort Fisher: 8 nests
Bald Head: ... Read More
05
Mar2015
This weekend I went to a mini conference hosted by the Mid-Atlantic Marine Education Association. The conference took place at the Bald Head Island Conservancy. We met with marine educators from Maryland to South Carolina. During the conference we had workshops on how to control deer populations using vaccines, how ... Read More
12
Feb2015
Have you enjoyed learning about sea turtles each week? Have you debated using the lessons with your students? Recently the Aquarium hosted a teacher training workshop to give teachers more confidence in using sea turtles to teach STEM.
We started by sharing information about why sea turtles are different. You can ... Read More