Coast watch (1979) (20471188670)

Marine science lesson at Underwood Elementary School in North Carolina, 1982
Title: Coast watch
Identifier: coastwatch00uncs_1 (find matches)
Year: 1979 (1970s)
Authors: UNC Sea Grant College Program
Subjects: Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology
Publisher: (Raleigh, N. C. : UNC Sea Grant College Program)
Contributing Library: State Library of North Carolina
Digitizing Sponsor: North Carolina Digital Heritage Center



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If teachers can't fly, don't tell Lundie Back during the heat of July someone asked UNC Sea Grant Direc- tor B.J. Copeland what Lundie Spence was doing these days. His reply? "The last time I saw Lundie, she was wading through the marsh wearing her bathing suit and big straw hat and flapping her arms like a bird. Behind her were fifteen teachers doing exactly the same thing." Those who meet Lundie Spence rarely forget her boisterous enthusiasm or her echoing cackle. They go with a go-get-em attitude that makes her job as UNC Sea Grant's marine education specialist, well, special. Lundie travels from the mountains to the coast of North Carolina, ped- dling marine education, and her enthusiasm for the marine environ- ment spreads like a brush fire. She'll have you feeling an eel, tasting shark or wading knee-deep in a salt marsh before you have a chance to decline. Photo by Kathy Hart Lundie's not keen on negatives. On the job she neither takes nor gives no for an answer. There is always a way. And that way has meant more marine education for teachers and students alike. Lundie helps teachers and science coordinators introduce and organize marine-education curriculums and materials. She also works with vocational teachers, especially along the coastal counties, to introduce marine fields â boatbuilding, aquaculture and fishingâto the vocational student. But it takes more than hard work to make marine education catch fire. It takes a spark. And many educators believe Lundie has been that spark in North Carolina. She has planted the idea of marine education among science and vocational coordinators in school systems like Charlotte-Mecklenburg, Guilford and Pamlico. She fed the idea by conducting workshops among teachers, and by supplying enthusiasm, ideas and materials. At last the idea blossomed as teachers carried marine education back to the classroom, where they captured the in- terest of students through coastal field trips and classroom exercises. Mary Kearns, science supervisor for Guilford County's schools, says Lun- die has worked with both teachers and students in her school system to in- crease their knowledge of the coast. "She has shown us some neat things that really bring the coast to the classroom," Kearns says. "We've learned how to teach our students to graph the ocean floor without ever leaving the school. "I feel like it is very important to learn about the marine environment. Most of our children go to the coast for vacation. They need to know there are â .... â
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Lundie and third graders encounter the secrets of marine science at Underwood Elementary School