Marine Education Center
Marine Education Center
The Miss Peetsy B Bayou Tour is a three hour program and includes hands-on experiences in our floating classrooms, waterfront classrooms and laboratories.
Tours are offered as a field trips for schools and community groups. The program consists of two 90-minute periods of instruction, one on the water and the other in the classroom.
Grades K -12 or Adult Groups | $30/participant
Trips offered Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. - approximately noon.
Minimum group size - 25 | School groups must include one adult teacher per ten students.
Book your trip today! Contact us at 228.818.8095 or marine.educationFREEMississippi.
Miss Peetsy B Bayou Tours Flyer
Hiking to nearby beach site for observations and collection of estuarine organisms
Collecting benthic (bottom dwelling) organisms using different sampling techniques:
dip netting, seining, and yabbi pumping
Note: Students will spend part of this session in shallow water
Lesson on internal/external anatomy of sharks
Discover the seven senses of sharks
Guided dissection to educate about respiratory, circulatory and digestive systems
of sharks
Add $10 per participant.
Miss Peetsy B was donated to USM’s Marine Education Center by Jimmy Buffett and his sisters, Lucy Buffett and Laurie Buffett-McGuane, in honor of their mother who was passionate about education. The vessel's name comes from Mrs. Buffett's nickname - Peetsy B. The Buffett family, originally from Pascagoula, donated the vessel to help educate students about their coastal environment, and ultimately create a more informed citizenry to protect and maintain our local marine habitats. |
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