Event Calendar
September 2018
Friends Only Event: Microplastics and Citizen Science
Join us and your fellow Friends of the UGA Aquarium for a happy hour, featuring a discussion about microplastics with marine educator Dodie Sanders. Learn about coastal research on microplastics, which are tiny fragments of plastic that can be ingested…
Find out more »Estuary Extravaganza
We’re celebrating National Estuaries Week by hosting an Estuary Extravaganza at the UGA Aquarium on Saturday, Sept. 22. Estuaries are places where rivers meet the sea, causing fresh and saltwater to mix. Come face-to-face with the animals that live in…
Find out more »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
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
- 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
- Associate Director Bryan Fluech to serve on Finfish Advisory Panel
- Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant welcomes summer interns
- Hands-on course prepares UGA Extension agents to share health benefits of Georgia seafood
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 »