It's essentially free. Three sources help to keep course fees low by providing funding for the program. Nestled on more than 1,700 acres of forest, marsh and freshwater landscapes, the Marine Extension Service building on Skidaway Island combines a learning space and teaching facilities for the general public and university students. Both areas bring awareness to coastal concerns in one complex. Once inside, the visitors are greeted by numerous tanks displaying a variety of coastal Georgia sea life.
Students take classes on the opposite wing of the complex away from the general public.
Classrooms double as laboratories and are equipped with high-tech resources. Timmons says she is using this teaching tool, funded by the Georgia lottery, to show images from a microscope on a television using a video camera affixed to the microscope's lenses. Since the Georgia Shore Program 1997 class left Skidaway Island, many teachers have heard about the program and are keeping Timmons busy handling their questions on how to apply. Timmons began receiving inquiries in October 1997. The course has a pretty good reputation.