Current Programs

Michaux offers a variety of marine education programs that address three geographic focus areas: the tidal creek environment of the Noisette Preserve (adjacent to the site of the Michaux Center), the Cooper River, the Charleston Harbor estuary, the coastal region adjacent to the harbor, and the continental shelf extending to the Gulf Stream.

Students will have the opportunity throughout their educational career to learn of their immediate and nearby marine environments through engaging studies and experiences aboard boats and ships. This approach will make the learning relevant to the monitoring of their local and regional environment, and it will provide students with a sense of contribution and ownership. 

Another critical component of Michaux’s programs is the emphasis on mentoring by older students of younger students.  This mentorship focus will help to reinforce the learned by the mentors and will potentially inspire the students being mentored.

Several programs such as At Sea! and Transects were developed by our partner, Project Oceanica at the College of Charleston. Oceanica. Oceanica is currently housed at the Michaux Center in North Charleston.