From “mountain top” sinkhole to the headwaters springs feeding the San Marcos River, the Meadows Center for Water and the Environment’s Aquarena Springs presents students, teachers and researches an opportunity to learn about an entire watershed in a compact controlled setting. Students and visitors experience a unique environment where they can tour a complete watershed […]
Ewing Halsell Foundation, Experiential Education, Meadows Center, Outdoor Education, Rudolph Rosen, STEMA 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 […]
Aquatic Education, Ewing Halsell Foundation, Experiential Education, Harte Research Institute, Rudy Rosen, STEM
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, […]
Ewing Halsell Foundation, Experiential Education, Meadows Center, Rudy Rosen, STEM, Technology
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 […]
Ewing Halsell Foundation, Experiential Education, Harte Research Institute, Meadows Center, Rudy Rosen, STEM, Technology
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 […]
Ewing Halsell Foundation, Experiential Education, Harte Research Institute, Meadows Center, Rudy Rosen, STEM, Technology
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 […]
Aquatic Education, Ewing Halsell Foundation, Experiential Education, Meadows Center, Rudy Rosen, STEM