UGA Cooperative Extension
Camden County Extension Office:
4-H & Youth Development
Marine Science Club
4-H Marine Science Club
We will alternate between meeting at the Camden County Soccer Complex Clubhouse (off of Kingsbay Rd) to do marine related activities and games and St Marys Elementary School in Ms. Bottorff’s classroom to do phytoplankton monitoring. We will also plan to meet one Saturday a month to participate in marine related community service and field trips.
FALL SCHEDULE
Wednesday, January 23 |
3:45 – 5:00 |
SMES – Phytoplankton Monitoring |
Wednesday, January 30 |
3:45 – 5:00 |
Soccer Complex |
Wednesday, February 13 |
3:45 – 5:00 |
SMES – Phytoplankton Monitoring |
Wednesday, February 27 |
3:45 – 5:00 |
Soccer Complex |
Wednesday, March 12 |
3:45 – 5:00 |
SMES – Phytoplankton Monitoring |
No Marine Science Club Meeting for March |
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Wednesday, April 2 |
3:45 – 5:00 |
Soccer Complex |
Wednesday, April 30 |
3:45 – 5:00 |
SMES – Phytoplankton Monitoring |
Phytoplankton Monitoring
4-H’ers can learn about phytoplankton by participating in a collection at the St. Marys Paper Mill Dock and observing it under the microscope at St. Marys Elementary School. This activity is available to all 4-H’ers and occurs one Wednesday a month with the collection at 3:45 p.m. and the observation at 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Southeast Phytoplankton Monitoring Network
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
Community Service
For the community service project we will be collecting money to adopt a sea turtle. Continue bringing any financial donations until we get the $50.00 to adopt a turtle at the Georgia Sea Turtle Center.
Coastal Invasive Species Training
The Camden County 4-H program is part of a grant (financial donation) from the Marine Extension Service in Savannah to educate the public on invasive species that live in our coastal waters. The grant is specified to provide training to 5th grade 4-H’ers in Camden County on January 26, 2008. The 4-H’ers will then have information to take home to their parents and will give a short presentation in their March or April Club Meeting about what they learned in the training. See the flyer for more information
Coastfest - Brunswick DNR - October 2007
4-H'ers from the Marine Science Club attended the Coastfest Event in Brunswick in October where they learned about Geocaching and Treasuring Hunting from the Glynn County 4-H Club, made bird houses, looked at marine animals, and had a great time learning about the marine environment.
Marine Resource Camp - Burton 4-H Center - July 2007
4-H'ers from Camden County enjoyed a week at Burton 4-H Center on Tybee Island at Marine Resource Camp. Activities included crabbing, seining, beach ecology, squid dissection, marsh exploration, reptiles, beach night walk, climbing the Tybee Island Lighthouse, a dolphin boat tour, river boat tour, and shopping on Riverstreet in Savannah.
Visit the Georgia 4-H Web site at www.georgia4h.org.
