Through games, arts and crafts, and field trips, students learn about marine and forest ecology. Students who may not pay attention in a regular classroom become enthralled in discussion at Sea Camp. Many students are intrigued by the touch tanks, says Fred Lyda, director of the Marine Extension Service. Students in classrooms across the state are now able to learn more about marine life from their classrooms. Students learn from educators at Skidaway through the use of dedicated phone lines, seeing and hearing their teachers by way of a big screen TV and stereo sound.
Students can respond to the lesson and ask questions while they view the program.
Not all Skidaway students arrive in bright-yellow buses bearing the name of their school. For the past nine years, participants in Elderhostel, Inc., a program providing educational experiences for people 55 and older, have come to the Native American site at Skidaway. They also uncovered part of a structure which will be explored in future digs. Educators at the center like John Crawford say they educate the teachers so knowledge will multiply. We put out nets and catch our specimens.