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Skidaway Marine Science Day

On Saturday, October 15th park in the big field on the right as you come to campus, limited handicapped parking is available closer in, see the parking attendant for directions.

Schedule of Events

UGA Marine Education Center and Aquarium

Door Contest: Visitors can enter their name in a drawing for a Free Season Family Pass to the Aquarium.

Ongoing Activities at the Aquarium

Aquarium Opens
Touch Tanks (Aquarium)
11AM – 4PM - The Savannah Blood Alliance Blood Donation Drive (Aquarium Parking Lot)
12:00PM – 4:00PM – Habitat Explorations “Oceans” (Day Group Room)
12:00PM – 4:00PM – Habitat Explorations “Plankton” (Plankton Lab)
12:00PM – 4:00PM – Habitat Explorations “Tidal Creeks” (Invertebrate Lab)
12:00PM – 2:00PM – Radio Broadcasting – Adventure Radio Group
12:00PM – 4:00PM – “Horseshoe Crab Discovery” (Art Lab)
3:00PM – 4:00PM - Crabbing on the Dock (UGA Aquarium Dock)

Scheduled Activities at the Aquarium

12:15PM-12:30PM - Fish Feeding (Aquarium)
12:30PM-1:00PM - Behind the Scenes Tour (Aquarium)
1:00PM-1:50PM – Shark Dissection with Devin Dumont, Aquarium Curator (Invertebrate Lab)
1:00PM-1:20PM-Behind the Scenes tour
1:30PM-1:50PM- Behind the Scenes tour
1:50PM-2:00PM - Fish Feeding (Aquarium)
2:00PM-2:45PM - Reptile Show with John “Crawfish” Crawford, Marine Educator (Screened porch.) - Gators, snakes, turtles, and lizards, OH MY! Develop a greater understanding of some of the most amazing vertebrates found along the Georgia coast.
2:00PM-2:20PM - Behind the Scenes Tour (Aquarium)
2:30PM-2:50PM - Behind the Scenes Tour (Aquarium)
2:50PM-3:00PM - Fish Feeding (Aquarium)
3:00PM-3:20PM - Behind the Scenes Tour (Aquarium)
3:00PM-3:45PM – Georgia Sea Turtles with John “Crawfish” Crawford, Marine Educator (Screened Porch) – Join in this fun and exciting know all about sea turtles, especially the ones that use Georgia beaches as nesting sites.
3:30PM-3:50PM - Behind the Scenes Tour (Aquarium)

UGA Shellfish Laboratory

Ongoing Activities at the Shellfish Laboratory
Oyster Shell Bagging: Learn about the GEORGIA Project (Generating Enhanced Oyster Reefs in Georgia’s Inshore Areas). This program recycles oyster shell to create new oyster reefs, and enhances stewardship and public awareness of the importance of oyster reef habitats along the Georgia coast. Learn how volunteers and staff place recycled oyster shell into mesh bags that will be used to enhance future oyster reefs. Participate in bagging your own oyster shells.

Skidaway Institute of Oceanography

Donate $3 for an opportunity to win an iPad. Proceeds will benefit the Skidaway Marine Science Foundation student intern program.

Ongoing Activities on the SkIO Quad, at the Main dock, & at Roebling House

Environmental Groups (Tent on the SkIO Quad)
Georgia Department of Natural Resources–Coastal Resources Division
The Dolphin Project
The Savannah National Wildlife Refuge
The Georgia Sea Turtle Center
Tybee Marine Science Center
The Sierra Club
Skidaway Island State Park
Savannah State University
Armstrong Atlantic State University – Diamondback Terrapin Project
Tours of the Research Vessel Savannah (Main dock) – Plus scientific equipment explained, wet lab space in action and ship scheduling 101
Plankton World (Roebling House)
Build-A-Plankton (Roebling House) – precursor to Plankton Sink-Off Races
Research Exhibits – Groves Creek Project and Long Bay Project
The Nature Conservancy

Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary

Gray’s Reef ROV Activity (Roebling House Pool)

Scheduled Activities at SkIO

12:30 PM - “Seven Deadly Sins of Science Fairs” (McGowan Library Auditorium)
1:30 PM - Plankton Sink-Off: Round 1 (outside Roebling House)
2:30 PM - Plankton Sink-Off: Round 2 (outside Roebling House)
2:30 PM - “Seven Deadly Sins of Science Fairs” (McGowan Library Auditorium)
3:30 PM - Plankton Sink-Off: Round 3 (outside Roebling House)