Texas Aquatic Science is a curriculum with a local context for STEM studies about water. The Texas Aquatic Science textbook, teachers guide, website, videos, and all-out curriculum has become a phenomenal success thanks to the efforts of many. The textbook is already in its second printing and a new research study funded by the Ewing […]
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STEM teaching workshop features aquatic science at Dallas Arboretum. The Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden was the location of a mid-August workshop on teaching the new Aquatic Science curriculum for Texas. Workshop participants were largely educators who work for the Children’s Program at the Arboretum. These individuals have a multitude of education backgrounds – covering […]
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Aquatic science teaching was the subject for Dallas – Ft. Worth area STEM instructors. Coming from a variety of backgrounds, participants at the August 22nd workshop included high school aquatic science teachers, high school environmental science teachers, middle school biology teachers and elementary teachers. There were also people in attendance from informal education sites and […]
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Aquatic Science workshop a success for Dallas-Fort Worth science teachers. Aquatic science was the STEM theme for teachers at Birdville ISD on August 20th. Covering how to use Texas Aquatic Science to meet Texas’ science education standards, former school principal and director of Texas Parks and Wildlife’s aquatic education program, Johnnie Smith led educators through […]
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Educators from throughout East Texas meet at Collins Academy in Jefferson to learn about new aquatic science curriculum for Texas STEM studies. Learning about the aquatic science curriculum and accompanying materials, exercises such as ground permeability to water and impact on groundwater/aquifer supplies “really sunk in” for the educators, according to instructor Susan Hankins, from […]
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Water and Aquatic Science Teacher Training Underway in Texas Texas middle and high school teachers can attend a training workshop and participate in curriculum development research this summer using the new Texas Aquatic Science curriculum through a project funded by a generous grant from the Ewing Halsell Foundation, San Antonio, and support from the Texas […]
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Texas Aquatic Science by H2O – Headwaters to Ocean – receives new research grant from Ewing Halsell Foundation Project work funded by a generous grant by the Ewing Halsell Foundation to the Meadow Center for Water and the Environment (Meadows Center) will enhance experiential learning about water. This will take place through expanded and improved […]
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Aquatic Science Videos Now Available Aquatic Science Lessons with Dr. Rudy Rosen is an on-line video curriculum arranged into 13 lessons in YouTube Playlists. Each lesson covers a major subject area and is broken down into short sub-topic video presentations. These short videos covering important aquatic science topics can be used in teaching instruction or […]
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Technology Summit Looks at Influence of Tech on Outdoor Education On April 7, 2015 the Technology and Nature Summit took a first-ever look at the way technology has influenced children’s interaction with the natural environment in an education setting. The conference agenda can be downloaded here. Tech In (and Outside) the Classroom: An Aquatic Science […]
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Historic water technology forum brings key leaders in water sector together H2O partner Meadows Center for Water and the Environment’s, Dr. Rudolph Rosen co-chaired the organizing committee for the Texas Water Technology Roadmap Forum. Quoting from the water technology forum report: By invitation only, the Forum brought key thought leaders from Texas’ water sectors together. […]
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Complete Guide to Fundraising – Money for the Cause There has never been a greater need for raising the funds necessary to promote the causes that will help build a sustainable future. In Money for the Cause: A Complete Guide to Event Fundraising, readers learn how to raise money for water conservation and the environment […]
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H2O partner Meadows Center to sponsor Texas’ first water technology roadmap On February 25, 2015 the Meadows Center for Water and the Environment along with other partners will host a water sustainability-oriented forum bringing together principals of water-related companies, associations, university research centers and other Texas research institutes, and others interested in accelerating growth of […]
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Visitor experiences, research, and education opportunities are the focus of planning by the Meadows Center at Spring Lake (formerly Aquarena) at Texas State University. Take a survey and provide input. Broaddus Planning has been asked by the Meadows Center to prepare a feasibility study for a study area around the Meadows Center that focuses […]
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The aquatic science textbook, Texas Aquatic Science, in hard copy is now ready for preorder at Amazon.com and the Texas A&M University Press. Copies are expected to ship in early December. This classroom resource provides clear, concise aquatic science information in an understandable and enjoyable way about water and aquatic life. Spanning the hydrologic cycle […]
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Texas Aquatic Science receives award for Education and Outreach from the national Association for Conservation Information. At it’s 2014 annual conference held in Nebraska City, the Association for Conservation Information honored the authors and partners of Texas Aquatic Science. The award was directed at the Texas Aquatic Science Website and the Teachers Guide. The award […]
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