Lesson 3: Virtual Wetland Exploration

Data Collection Practice Activity

For this lesson, the team developed a practice 360* sample site for students to use to get acquainted with the techniques scientists use for data collection in a wetland. Click here for a guide to understanding data collection.

Use this 360* tour and the data collection sheet below to practice identifying organisms and threats to the coastal wetland. Right click to enter full screen.

Data Collection Practice Activity

Virtual Wetland Exploration

Using virtual reality technology, visit several coastal wetland sites along the Georgia coast and evaluate the quality of each site. This is part of the “Virtual Exploration of Georgia’s Coastal Wetlands” lesson.

To explore the wetland using this web based version of the virtual reality tour, click and drag the image until you see “Enter Here”. Click the door to enter the virtual wetland and have fun! Right click to enter full screen.

About the Curriculum

“Virtual Exploration of Georgia’s Coastal Wetlands” is a curriculum created by UGA Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant and designed to connect high school students to the coast from right inside their classrooms.

The curriculum will empower students to become better stewards of coastal ecosystems and better understand the benefits of and threats to Georgia’s watershed resources.

The curriculum features a Virtual Reality (VR) field trip to wetland sites along the Georgia coast. This field trip is accompanied by lessons related to salt marsh ecology, human impacts on the environment, natural hazards and resiliency. Each lesson can be delivered independently of one another or together as a series.

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