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T
he two science labs at
Sullivan’s Island Elementary School
are aptly named the “Design and
Discover Lab” and the “Wet Lab.”
Inside these rooms, science teachers
Lindsey Rhodes and Caroline Rambo
engage students with hands-on
projects and experiments to apply and expand the lessons
taught in the classroom.
But the real learning begins outside these rooms, where
students are able to make connections between lessons in a
book and the world around them.
SIES’ theme this year is “Using outdoors as a class-
room,” a nod to its partial magnet designation for its focus
on the coastal environment and the unique and beautiful
setting that surrounds the school.
Some of the creatures caught by seining – dragging a
30-foot net with two wooden poles parallel to the shore – are
brought back to the tanks in the classroom for a short time.
Coastal
Connections
Emphasizing thE OutdOOrs at siEs
By Pamela Brownstein
Photos courtesy of Sullivan’s Island Elementary School