These educational capsules are effective lesson triggers, featuring SCETV's NatureScene naturalist, Rudy Mancke. Nature Notes look at locations around South Carolina and some parts of the U.S. by getting an intimate look at creatures and plant life. Rudy provides interesting information in his usual science-is-all-around-us style. (From our Streamline collection)
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The ACE Basin National Wildlife Refuge is part of the federal system of refuges managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
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The Bald Eagle does, in fact live in the state throughout the year. This time of year they are nesting.
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Often times butterflies are directly connected to plants.
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There is much diversity among carnivorous plants in SC.
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There are 105 species of dragonflies found in SC. Their life actually comes in 2 parts: living in water, then air.
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The eastern cotton mouth is one of the most venomous snakes in the southeast.
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The Fall Line is the area where the Piedmont meets the Coastal Plain.
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The flowers on flowering plants are there for reproduction.
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Rudy Mancke talks about a visit to the Jocassee gorges while he was a nature study leader in Pickens county.
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We live in the smallest of all of the southeastern states but our state offers so much variety, from the mountains to the sea!!