North Carolina Ma- 

 rine Education 

 Manuals are designed 

 to help middle grade 

 educators increase the 

 coastal awareness of 

 their students. The 

 manuals were designed by public 

 school teachers and university profes- 

 sors for classroom use. They provide 

 experiments, facts about the North 

 Carolina coast, and references for 

 further information. 



UNC-SG-78-14-A Unit One, Coastal 

 Geology describes the origin, 

 dynamics and structure of the state's 

 barrier islands and estuaries. 



UNC-SG-78-14-B Unit Two, Sea- 

 water explains tides, waves and sea- 

 water chemistry. 



UNC-SG-78-14-C Unit Three, 

 Coastal Ecology describes marine 

 habitats, adaptations sea creatures 

 make to their environment, and a food 

 chain. 



UNC-SG-78-14-D Appendices pro- 

 vides information for constructing a 

 marine aquarium, resources for films 

 and magazines and a field trip guide to 

 coastal North Carolina. 



UNC-SG-78-14-E Unit Four, 

 Coastal Beginnings explains the 

 early cultures of North Carolina from 

 the pre-colonial Indians to the first 

 coastal communities. 



North Carolina educators may re- 

 ceive a single copy of each manual free 

 of charge. Prices for out-of-state re- 

 quests range from $1 to $2 per unit. 



Lundie Mauldin is available to in- 

 troduce these manuals and the subject 

 of marine education at teacher work- 

 shops on a county-wide basis. 



If you own a marina 

 on the Pamlico River, 

 you may have more in 

 common with the guy 

 who owns a marina at 

 Wrightsville Beach than 

 you think. What's more, 

 you may be able to share ideas for im- 

 proving your businesses. 



That's the kind of thinking that re- 

 cently motivated a group of coastal 

 marina operators to form the North 

 Carolina Marina Association. The 

 marina operators have been working 

 with Sea Grant's recreational special- 

 ist, Leon Abbas, who is familiar with 

 similar trade associations in other 

 states. 



The fledgling organization will get 

 its official christening at a conference 

 for marina operators scheduled for 

 February 28 and 29 at the McKimmon 

 Center on the North Carolina State 

 University campus in Raleigh. 



For more information on the con- 

 ference, contact Leon Abbas at the Sea 

 Grant headquarters in Raleigh, (919) 

 737-2454. 



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Coastwatch is published monthly 

 except July and December by the Uni- 

 versity of North Carolina Sea Grant 

 College Program, 105 1911 Building, 

 North Carolina State University, 

 Raleigh, NC 27650, Vol. 7, No. 1, 

 January, 1980. Dr. B. J. Copeland, 

 director. Written and edited by Mary 

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