Mountain Bridge Wilderness Area
Jones Gap State Park
303 Jones Gap Road
Marietta, SC 29661
864.836.3647
We invite you and your students to visit our park and participate in an educational program. The
Mountain Bridge Wilderness Area contains over 10,000 acres in northwestern South Carolina. This area of the Blue Ridge Escarpment ends in an abrupt drop of 2,000 feet to the foothills below, where the state's Piedmont region begins.
This provides a protected environment for rare and endangered plants and animal species and is valued water shed for the area and the state.
We encourage you to experience the park by participating in a Discover Carolina program. Pre-site,
on-site and post-site lesson plans have been developed to ensure a quality educational experience for you and your students.
These programs have been tested and reviewed by teachers from the talented and gifted program of the
Richland 2 school district.
Note:
both programs may be done in one day by a class.
Park
Interpreter Led Programs:
Forest
Ecology- 3rd
Forest
Ecology is an investigation of a River Cove Forest along the
banks of the Middle Saluda River. During the forest hike,
different layers of the forest will be studied and concepts
of habitats and the interrelationships among organisms will
be studied.
Grade
Level: 3
Length of Time: 1.5 hours
Standards: I.A.1.a, I.A.2.a, I.A.4.a, II.A.1.a, II.A.1.b,
III.B.1.a
Setting: Wilderness Park
River
Ecology - 3rd
River
ecology is a hands-on learning experience that places the
students in the Middle Saluda River to collect coldwater organism
including macroinvertebrates, salamanders, crayfish and other
organism. Students learn what traits make up a cold water
habitat and about interrelationships among the varied organisms.
Grade
Level: 3
Length of Time: 1.5 hours
Standards: I.A.1.a, I.A.2.a, I.A.4.a, II.A.1.a, II.A.1.b,
II.C.2.d
Setting: Wilderness Park
Forest Ecology
- 4th
Forest Ecology is an investigation of a River Cove Forest along the banks of the Middle Saluda River. During the forest hike, different layers of the
forest will be studied and concepts of habitats and the interrelationships among organisms will be studied.
Grade Level: 4
Length Time: 1.5 hours
Standards: Call Interpretive Ranger
for more information
Setting: Wilderness Park
River Ecology
- 4th
River ecology is a hands-on learning experience that places the students in the Middle Saluda River to collect coldwater organism including
macroinvertebrates, salamanders, crayfish and other organism. Students learn what traits make up a cold water habitat and about interrelationships among the varied organisms.
Grade Level: 4
Length Time: 1.5 hours
Standards: Call Interpretive Ranger
for more information
Setting: Wilderness Park
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