Event Calendar
October 2018
Skidaway Marine Science Day
Join us for Skidaway Marine Science Day and enjoy an afternoon of activities, tours and talks, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the University of Georgia Skidaway Island campus, located on the north end of the island. (10 Ocean…
Find out more »November 2018
Project WET and Project Learning Tree training
$59
Description: The Georgia Sea Turtle Center and UGA Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant are excited to offer Educator Certification in the Project Wet and Project Learning Tree curriculum guides. Workshop participants will learn the ins and outs of multi-disciplinary…
Find out more »Oyster Roast for a Reason
Join Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant for Oyster Roast for a Reason, a fundraising event to celebrate Georgia’s first oyster hatchery. UGA Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant opened the hatchery at the Shellfish Research Lab in 2015 in…
Find out more »Headlines
- Marine resource specialist Marty Higgins retires after more than three decades in public service
- Mare Timmons retires after 23 years at Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant
- Lefty returns to the wild; UGA Aquarium gets new sea turtle ambassador
- Message from the director
- UGA Summer Marine Science Camps foster curiosity through coastal exploration
- Graduate students from Georgia selected as Knauss finalists
- UGA installs first large-scale freen infrastructure project in Brunswick
Student Blog
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Fish Tetris: Making room for new aquatic friends in the aquarium
As a Georgia Sea Grant marine education intern, I divide my time between teaching classes about Georgia’s coastal ecology and natural history to visiting school groups and serving as the aquarium assistant. My role as an aquarium assistant entails ensuring the health and well-being of all our aquatic residents. My usual tasks involve helping prepare food, cleaning protein skimmers, and…Continue reading »