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Field Trip: The Bug That Had Them Seeing Red

  • Coastal Discovery Museum 70 Honey Horn Drive Hilton Head Island, SC, 29926 United States (map)

Students will explore the interactions the Native Americans in the Port Royal Sound area had with the Europeans who settled there. Discover how trade between the two groups led to cooperation and became a source of conflict. Students will make (and use) a red dye from dried cochineal bugs which the Native Americans traded to the Europeans for iron tools and other goods. They will grind up dried cochineal bugs to make the red dye and then dye string to add to a bookmaker to take home. Best for 3rd-12th grades.

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Field Trip: Georgia Aquarium