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  Patriots Point Education Department

Salinity Sleuths 

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During the school year hundreds of fifth grade classes visit us at Patriots Point for onsite educational programs. While at our outdoor classroom salinity is measured and recorded. All of the observed salinities are listed below, alongside the date they were taken. Check out your school's observations below, or investigate all of them!
ideas for the classroom
​Here are a few ways that we thought you could use the data from salinity sleuths in your very own classroom. If you think of any great way to involve this data that we haven’t already thought of let us know so others can try it too.  

Data 

salinity_record_sheet_for_the_2016-2017_school_year.pdf
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salinity_record_sheet_for_the_2017-2018_school_year_fall_term.pdf
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salinity_record_sheet_for_the_2017-2018_school_year_spring_term.pdf
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Current School year below 

2018-2019 fall term
9/21/2018
Name
Time
Salinity
Tide
Sterling
11:50 am
24.9 ppt
1.55 ft
10/16/2018
Name
Time
Salinity
Tide
Ragin Prep Christian
11:00 am
21 ppt
3.62 ft
10/17/2018
Name
Time
Salinity
Tide
Mossy Oaks
12:10 pm
20 ppt
3.3 ft
10/19/2018
Name
Time
Salinity
Tide
Springfield
10:30 am
21.1 ppt
1.63 ft
10/23/2018
Name
Time
Salinity
Tide
Hollywood
10:00 am
24.1 ppt
4.79 ft
10/24/2018
Name
Time
Salinity
Tide
Cheraw
2:15 pm
24.2 ppt
1.11 ft
10/25/2018
Name
Time
Salinity
Tide
Newington
11:50 am
25.2 ppt
4.59 ft
10/30/2018
Name
Time
Salinity
Tide
Greeleyville
11:30 am
21.8 ppt
5.64 ft
11/1/2018
Name
Time
Salinity
Tide
Bells Elementary
9:40 am
23.1 ppt
0.86 ft
11/5/2018
Name
Time
Salinity
Tide
Whitesville
10:00 am
24.7 ppt
2.36 ft
11/9/2018
Name
Time
Salinity
Tide
Midway
11:00 AM
22.3 ppt
5.9 ft
11/12/2018
Name
Time
Salinity
Tide
Cane Bay Middle
10:30 AM
19.5 ppt
6.42 ft
11/20/2018
Name
Time
Salinity
Tide
Boulder Bluff
10:00 AM
24.5 ppt
2.17 ft
11/27/2018
Name
Time
Salinity
Tide
Burns
10:00 AM
21.5 ppt
6.53 ft
11/30/2018
Name 
Time
Salinity
Tide
James Island
10:00 AM 
20.7 ppt
2.55 ft
12/4/2018
Name
Time
Salinity
Tide
Haut Gap
10:30
26.3
0.48 ft
Frierson
11:30
25.9
1.18 ft
12/5/2018
Name
Time
Salinity
Tide
Marshell
10:00 am
-
2.81 ft
12/6/2018
Name
Time
Salinity
Tide
Andrews
10:30 am
-
3.68 ft
12/7/2018
Name
Time
Salinity
Tide
Hanahan
10:30 am
24.3
4.34 ft
12/18/2018
Name
Time
Salinity
Tide
Berkeley Int.
10:00 AM
20.3 ppt
1.17 ft
12/19/2018
Name
Time
Salinity
Tide
Manning
11:00 AM
19.7 ppt
1.58 ft​
2018-2019 Spring Term
01/16/2019
Name
Time​
Salinity
Tide
Bridge Creek
12:00 PM
20.7 ppt
3.12 ft
01/29/2019
Name
Time
Salinity
Tide
Daniel Island 
11:00 AM
20.1 ppt
2.27 ft
02/01/2019
Name
Time
Salinity
Tide
Stile Point
11:00 AM
20.4 ppt
1.01 ft
02/05/2019
Name
Time
Salinity
Tide
Hursey
11:00 AM
22.7 ppt
4.38 ft
02/06/2019
Name
Time
Salinity
Tide
Maryville
10:00 am
21.4 ppt
5.66 ft
02/07/2019
Name
Time
Salinity
Tide
West Hartsville
11:30 am
22.2 ppt
3.75 ft
02/12/2019
Name
Time
Salinity
Tide
Lambs
11:00 AM
20.4 ppt
4.67 ft
02/25/2019
Name
Time
Salinity
Tide
Pinckney Day 1
10:00 AM
19.1 ppt
3.45 ft
02/26/2019
Name
Time
Salinity
Tide
Pinckney Day 2
12:00 PM
19.1 ppt
0.54 ft
02/27/2019
Name
Time
Salinity
Tide
Ashley River
11:20 AM
22.0 ppt
2.38 ft
02/28/2019
Name 
Time
Salinity
Tide
St. Stephen
9:40 AM
23.0 ppt
5.09 ft
03/04/2019
Name
Time
Salinity
Tide
Carolina Park
9:50 AM
23.2
3.36 ft
03/12/2019
Name
Time
Salinity
Tide
Oakland Elem.
10:00 AM
21.2 ppt
4.19 ft
03/14/2019
Name
Time
Salinity
Tide
Orange Grove
10:00 AM
22.5 ppt
2.18 ft
Heath Springs
1:30 PM
22.3 ppt
5.06 ft
03/15/2019
Name
Time
Salinity
Tide
Drayton Hall
11:00 AM
21.5 ppt
2.07 ft
03/19/2019
Name
Time
Salinity
Tide
Goodwin
10:00 AM
20.1 ppt
4.74 ft
03/20/2019
Name
Time
Salinity
Tide
Fort Dorchester
12:00 PM
19.4 ppt
3.1 ft
03/21/2019
Name
Time
Salinity
Tide
Ladson
10:00 AM
23.0 ppt​
6.58 ppt
03/22/2019
Name
Time
Salinity
Tide
Camden
11:30 AM
23 ppt
5.31 ft
03/29/2018
Name
Time
Salinity
Tide
Polo Road
9:00 AM
22.2 ppt
1.82 ft
04/01/2019
Name
Time
Salinity
Tide
Flowertown Elem.
11:00 AM
22.5 ppt
1.92 ft
04/03/2019
Name
Time
Salinity
Tide
Murray Lasaine
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