Salinity Sleuths
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.
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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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Belle Halle |