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- Drawing sea turtles
- This lesson plan takes students step by step through drawing a sea turtle, using the process to discuss the animal's anatomy.
- Format: lesson plan (multiple pages)
- Sea Inventory (Lesson 2 of 3)
- In this lesson students will rote count the number of sea creatures and shells on our beach mural. Also, students will use problem-solving techniques for answering "bigger than" questions.
This is a thematic unit with three lessons. Lesson 1 details art activities. Lesson 2 describes math activities. Lesson 3 underscores language art activities. - Format: lesson plan (grade K Mathematics)
- By Dinah Jackson.
- Sea inventory
- In this lesson students will create a beach mural with sand, shells, and blue and white finger paints. They will count objects added to the mural as they go along.
- Format: lesson plan (grade K Visual Arts Education and Mathematics)
- By Dinah Jackson.
- Four large mortar shells and one grenade left from the Vietnam War
- Four large mortar shells and one grenade left from the Vietnam War rest on the ground. They remain in the central Vietnam region formerly known as the Demiliarized Zone between the forces of the North and the South. Although once heavily forested, the area...
- Format: image/photograph
- Conch shell
- Photograph of a conch shell. Conches are marine-dwelling mollusks with spirally-constructed shells. The conch has been a traditionally useful animal to humans of many cultures: Conch shells have served as musical instruments, decoration, and weapons, and conch...
- Format: image/photograph
- Sea plants and animals by shore of Lanka (Thai Ramayana mural)
- This detail image from a mural at the Emerald Buddha Temple depicts the marine plant and animal life in the sea around Ravana's island of Lanka. Visible here on rocks exposed by the tides are realistic and recognizable images of coral, conical shells, a sea...
- Format: image/photograph
- Wampum
- Circa 1890 photograph of string and belt wampum, a traditional form of money used by American Indians. Wampum consists of cylindrical beads made from the ends of shells rubbed down, polished, and threaded on strings, which were often combined to form bracelets,...
- Format: image/photograph
- Oyster shells
- Oysters are mollusks that are usually found in salty or brackish water (water that consists of a mixture of salty and fresh waters). They eat by drawing water over their gills, where food particles become trapped by mucus. These particles are then moved to...
- Format: image/photograph
- Mid-tide beach
- In Small sand volume barrier islands: Environmental processes and development risks, page 5
- Figure 3 shows the mid-tide beach with evidence of recent accretion of sand to the upper beach. Look closely at the beach profile and you will see that the surface is slightly higher and more covered with shells both above and below the relatively shell-free...
- By Dirk Frankenberg.
- A historic cemetery in New Bern, NC
- This is a historic cemetery in New Bern, North Carolina. The trees here are draped and lacy with Spanish moss, and the paths are lined with oyster shells.
- Format: image/photograph
- Shells and more
- This activity involves identifying objects from the beach using a guide book and then placing the information into a prepared table.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Science)
- By Shelli Luna.
- Whole language reading: Pumpkin pie baking activity
- A whole language literature-based reading lesson that culminates in a cooking extension activity.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 1 English Language Arts and Mathematics)
- By Amy Durso.
- Two round basket boats dry in an alley near Nha Trang
- Two round basket boats rest against young palm trees drying in an alley near Nha Trang. Discarded shells of coconuts line the path and several local people are standing at the end of the path. These unusual small watercraft have neither speed nor stability,...
- Format: image/photograph
- Lucky ladybug doubles
- This lesson will involve students in using symmetry and doubling of numbers 1 through 7 to make ladybugs.
- Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 Computer/Technology Skills and Mathematics)
- By Alta Allen.
- The Manner of Making Their Boats
- "The Manner of Makinge Their Boates." Theodor de Bry's engraving of American Indian men making boats, published in Thomas Hariot's 1588 book A Briefe and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia. In the foreground, two men are working on...
- Format: image/illustration
- Little girl buried in rum keg marker
- A wooden grave marker in the Beaufort Burying Ground reads "Little Girl Buried in Rum Keg" flanks a low vaulted tomb covered in shells, toys and other small objects. Next to the grave is a smaller marker with the number 24 on it, referencing the entry for...
- Format: image/photograph
- Ammolite at the Franklin Gem & Mineral Museum
- This is a chunk of ammolite at the Franklin Gem & Mineral Museum in Macon County, North Carolina. Ammolite is a biogenic gemstone, meaning that it is formed by life processes. Other biogenic gems include amber and pearl. Ammolite is made up of the fossilized...
- Format: image/photograph
- Aurora Fossil Museum
- Some of the world's finest marine fossil displays of the Pleistocene, Pliocene, and Miocene periods can be found at this Beaufort County museum.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- North Carolina Maritime Museum
- Students will learn about the rich maritime history of the North Carolina coast as well as the coastal environment and barrier island ecology.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Sculpture in Teotihuacan, Mexico
- A small sculpture emerges from a stone wall. The sculpture is made up of three parts: two white conical images, with a small red bowl between them. The conical carvings may represent shells. Teotihuacan is the name of a Mesoamerican indigenous civilization...
- Format: image/photograph
