i'm tami canada am a third grade teacher at Mountain View Elementary School in
northern Greenville County I love being a third grade teacher third grade is
where you get to do the study of South Carolina and I'm very passionate about
the state of South Carolina my connection with the South Carolina
Aquarium began many years ago I was just had begun teaching at Mountain View
Elementary School and heard about the South Carolina Aquarium accepting
applications for the ELP program or the education leadership partnership and the
rest is history I've been serving as the education leadership partner with the
aquarium for over 19 years now every time I come to the aquarium as an
education leadership partner we go on different adventures and we will be with
educators or scientists the researchers and that brings spark back to my
classroom and I'm excited and passionate about it so that carries over to my
students and it also brings in the real world into the classroom living in
northern Greenville County some of my students had never even been to the
ocean but because we teach the regions of South Carolina and we
that connection that the rivers that are near our school will travel to the
Atlantic Ocean when we visited the South Carolina Aquarium we were able to see
the harbor and to see the mouth of the Atlantic Ocean and when we came through
and saw the amazing animals that live there then they have gained a greater
appreciation for how the ocean is such a big part of our world and that even in
northern Greenville County we can do things to save the ocean by keeping the
rivers and the waterways clean Wow [Music]
what I love most about the South Carolina Aquarium I would have to say
the people that are involved with the South Carolina preparing
the people here every time I walk through the doors make me feel special
they make me feel valued your passion is contagious and that's what I love most
about the South Carolina Marion
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