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Outdoor Education Watershed Scavenger Hunt for iPad and iPhone

Posted on June 20, 2012 by Rudolph Rosen in Experiential Education No Comments

Outdoor education enhanced by use of mobile technology is the focus of a new iPad – iPhone App being developed by programmers atTexasStateUniversity. The App would be used in conjunction with watershed outdoor education at the River Systems Institute’s Aquarena Springs.  The App will lead students through a watershed discovery trail on an educational scavenger […]

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Harte Research Institute and H2O enter environmental education partnership with Hamline University’s Center for Global Environmental Education (CGEE) and the International Crane Foundation (ICF).

Posted on April 24, 2012 by Rudolph Rosen in Experiential Education No Comments

A major H2O partnership will involve HRI, CGEE, and ICF in developing a world-class Gulf of Mexico teaching and education unit, fully integrated with online resources and use of technology.  Educational content for teachers and students will be based on a proven educational model pioneered by CGEE in order to meet standards-based STEM content for […]

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New Mobile Technology App Now Under Development by H2O for Outdoor STEM Education in Areas Without Mobile Device Connectivity

Posted on March 17, 2012 by Rudolph Rosen in Experiential Education, Water Technology No Comments

Student experiential education outdoors inTexas’ watersheds can be enhanced by targeted use of mobile devices such as smartphones and pads.  Students can access information to augment their outdoors experience or use the devices to store information about the outdoors experience that can be used later in classroom or after-school learning, thus extending the outdoors experience. […]

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Youth Education is the Key to Creating Future Scientists by Rudy Rosen

Posted on March 12, 2012 by Rudolph Rosen in Experiential Education No Comments

H2O, the Harte Research Institute and River Systems Institute: Partners in STEM Education and Building Tomorrow’s Conservation-Minded Citizens by Rudolph Rosen, Ph.D. Research Professor, Texas State University, River Systems Institute The Harte Research Institute (HRI) and River Systems Institute (RSI) are cooperators in H2O’s breakthrough K-12 education projects.  Both institutions are young major centers of […]

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Research Education – First Look

Posted on February 27, 2012 by Rudolph Rosen in Experiential Education, Water Technology No Comments
River Systems Institute San Marcos River TX Rudy Rosen

The San Marcos Springs give rise to the San Marcos River and are home to several endangered and sensitive species, including wild rice.  Researchers at Texas State University are evaluating specific in-stream conditions that favor growth of rice.  Computer modeling of micro flows in the river, specific locations of rice, impacts of drought, inputs of sediment, […]

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Texas Rivers Center STEM Education Discovery Room Enhancement Underway

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Rudolph Rosen in Experiential Education No Comments
Aquarium posted in H2O by Rudy Rosen

The Texas Rivers Center’s Discovery Room for youth and adult water education must serve multiple purposes during Spring Lake peninsula’s restoration period and beyond. Visitor traffic in the Discovery Room has increased since Aquarena was closed and the Discovery Room’s facilities and displays must accommodate, educate, and entertain more visitors than ever before. The Discovery […]

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Harte Research Institute and Center for Coastal Studies, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi Focus on Integration of Mobile Technology for Bays and Estuaries Student Field Studies

Posted on January 11, 2012 by Rudolph Rosen in Experiential Education, Water Technology No Comments
Water Education posted by Rudy Rosen

A key H2O project partner providing student access toTexas’ gulf bay and estuary educational opportunities is the Aquatic Education Program (AEP) at TAMU-CC’s Center for Coastal Studies. The AEP has been in existence for almost two decades and began as a partnership between the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Corpus Christi Ecological Field Office and […]

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H2O Partner, River Systems Institute, to enhance outdoor STEM education opportunities for students at Spring Lake, headwaters of the San Marcos River

Posted on December 15, 2011 by Rudolph Rosen in Experiential Education No Comments
Outdoor education posted in H2O by Rudy Rosen

Restoration of the Spring Lake peninsula at the headwaters of the San Marcos River has dramatically changed the site’s outside creative education-play scenario and access to open spaces for school groups.  To maintain and increase the educational school group tours, new programs are being developed, prototyped, and tested with support of the H2O project. Improvements […]

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Prototype STEM Education Technology for Texas Rivers Center Unveiled

Posted on November 12, 2011 by Rudolph Rosen in Experiential Education, Water Technology No Comments
River Systems Institute Aquarium posted by Rudy Rosen

Youth and Adult Water Science Education for the 21st Century by Rudolph Rosen, Ph.D. Educational exhibits designed for today’s visitors and students rely heavily on technology.  Technology enhanced exhibits generate added excitement for visitors and can deliver large amounts of information in a small space, reducing space requirements and overhead costs. They also provide flexibility […]

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Oysters provide backdrop to H2O’s advanced teaching techniques

Posted on September 19, 2011 by Rudolph Rosen in Experiential Education, Water Technology No Comments
STEM posted in H2O by Rudy Rosen

The Gilbert M. Grosvenor Center for Geographic Education, in partnership with H2O and funded by a grant from the Ewing Halsell Foundation, is focusing on the oyster as Mother Nature’s water treatment plant in our bays and estuaries. Oysters filter sediments and other matter from the water of bays and estuaries, keeping the water clean. […]

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H2O to help students develop STEM skills

Posted on September 16, 2011 by Rudolph Rosen in Experiential Education No Comments
STEM skills posted in H2O by Rudy Rosen

In addition to basic learning about watersheds and the role of people in protecting water resources, H2O is being designed by science educators to help young students better understand the world around them and inspire them to pursue careers in science, technology, mathematics and engineering. These are the so-called STEM subjects that have been the […]

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Studies confirm a looming crisis in water education

Posted on September 11, 2011 by Rudolph Rosen in Experiential Education No Comments
Wetlands boardwalk posted in H2O by Rudy Rosen

The National Assessment of Educational Progress is the largest continuing nation-wide assessment of what America’s students know and can do in various subject areas. Assessments are conducted periodically in mathematics, reading, science, writing, the arts, civics, economics, geography, and U.S. history (http://scim.ag/NAEP-2009). The most recent report found that 12% of first year college students had […]

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Spring Lake on the Texas State University campus picked as site for headwaters watershed discovery and visitors center

Posted on June 15, 2011 by Rudolph Rosen in Experiential Education No Comments
Spring posted in H2O by Rudy Rosen

Headwaters to Ocean partner River Systems Institute (RSI) is currently reviewing plans developed by Lake | Flato for a new visitors and discovery center. Lake | Flato is a national leader in the master planning and design of visitor centers with over a dozen projects completed at locations throughout the country. The design process starts […]

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Hi-tech education centers toured in Maine and Florida

Posted on June 14, 2011 by Rudolph Rosen in Experiential Education, Water Technology No Comments
SCience center by Rudy Rosen

H2O staff and supporters toured facilities designed and built by firms interested in providing services on the H2O project. These visits included extensive on-site discussions with educators, display design specialists and facilities managers as well as a general tour and evaluation of facilities and the firms doing the design and construction. The goal of the […]

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Army Corps of Engineers poised to demolish Spring Lake structures and restore site to pre-amusement park state

Posted on June 11, 2011 by Rudolph Rosen in Experiential Education No Comments
Glass bottom boat posted in H2O by Rudy Rosen

“All buildings of the old theme park at the site of the spring will be removed by the Army Corps of Engineers,” said Ron Coley, Director of the university-run Aquarena Education Center. The restoration project is expected to be complete by 2012, but the popular site will continue to be open to the public for […]

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