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Grade 3 Science · World 5: Georgia's Five Regions · Level 34
Marshes and Barrier Islands
The coast's salt marshes, beaches, and islands, and who lives there.
Warm-up, learn, try it together, practice, then a quick check. About 15 minutes.
What children learn in Level 34
- At the edge of the Coastal Plain is Georgia's coast. A chain of barrier islands, like Cumberland, Jekyll, and St. Simons, stands between the ocean and the mainland.
- Barrier islands block big ocean waves and storms. Their sandy beaches have sea oats, ghost crabs, and nests of loggerhead sea turtles.
- Behind the islands are wide salt marshes, covered with tall cordgrass and flooded by the tides twice a day. Fiddler crabs, oysters, shrimp, and herons live there.
- Wild horses roam Cumberland Island, and right whales, Georgia's state marine mammal, have their babies in the ocean off our coast in winter.
Georgia Standards of Excellence in Science:
- S3L1.a — Ask questions to differentiate between plants, animals, and habitats found within Georgia's geographic regions.