Savannah State University’s Coast Camp program is a month of ocean science fun for students! This academic camp utilizes science, math and writing skills in conjunction with the Ocean Literacy Principles to teach students about the ocean through interactive, hands-on curriculum.
Part of the mission of the SSU Coast Camp program is to provide real science experiences for the young people who participate in our program. Each camp is designed to provide time in the classroom with hands-on instruction as well as outdoor field work in the marine sciences.

The Coast Camp program works with SSU faculty, students and staff to provide a meaningful science experience campers can use at school and in their future as a scientist.

Have questions? Contact us [email protected]

Potential Field Trips

• The Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary Ocean Discovery Center. Students will benefit from learning about Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary that is located just 17 miles from the SSU campus (http://graysreef.noaa.gov/).
• Tybee Island: to study beach ecology, erosion, and bio surveys of animal and plant life.
• Cumberland Island National Seashore: to study how an undeveloped barrier island differs from a developed beach, like Tybee Island, through discovery of wildlife, ecosystems, natural history, and conservation of wilderness.
• PinPoint Heritage Museum, Skidaway Island: to learn about the Gullah Geechee heritage in Savannah, oyster and blue crab commercial fisheries, and sustainable fishing practices.
• Savannah Wildlife Refuge: to experience a protected refuge of wildlife habitat, freshwater marshes and forests and witness the flow of rivers to oceans.

Enrollment

Enroll by clicking on the links below. Please complete one registration per child. Camp registrations cap at 20 seats.

Please read through the parent/guardian handbook for more details about camp policies.