Randall Maxwell selected to produce videos for Texas Aquatic Science Education Guides. With over 20 years experience in both television and non-broadcast video production, Maxwell has worked with a diverse group of professionals from various industries and cultures. He is a former producer with the Texas Parks and Wildlife television series, and worked as editor […]
Aquatic Education, Ewing Halsell Foundation, Meadows Center, Randall Maxwell, Rudolph Rosen, STEM, Video
App for Aquarena Education now available free. To get the App go to the iTunes App Store and search for “Aquarena.” Or, come visit the springs and download the App on site. http://www.aquarena.txstate.edu/ See the App in iTunes here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/aquarena/id594300970?mt=8 The “Aquarena” App was developed for use in outdoor water education at Aquarena Springs, at […]
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New Teaching with the Stars teacher instructional unit on bays and estuaries, titled “Tidewaters” ready for use. The new Tidewaters unit was funded by H2O. Teaching with the Stars is designed to provide systematic professional development in geography to middle and high school teachers. It emphasizes pedagogical knowledge and skills as well as content knowledge […]
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Dr. Sandra Johnson is tapped to oversee teacher guide and student activity development for the Aquatic Science Education Guides for Texas. SANDRA JOHNSON PH.D. is an educational consultant who specializes in curriculum writing and alignment with the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS). In addition, she is a professional development specialist for teachers in science. […]
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Texas Science Teachers Please Review Aquatic Science Education Guides http://www.aquaticedguides.org/ We invite teachers and others interested in aquatic science education for Texas’ middle and high school students to review and comment on the draft guides, as well as submit their favorite aquatic science-related activities to include in the guides. All contributions will be acknowledged. To learn […]
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Headwaters to Ocean’s (H2O) Dr. Rudy Rosen will author new Aquatic Science Education Guides for Texas. RUDOLPH “RUDY” ROSEN, Ph.D., is a research professor at The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment, Texas State University and a Research Associate at the Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. He is […]
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Technology enhancements include state-of-the-art aquarium at Texas State University’s Meadows Center An Aquarena Center aquarist readies a new aquatic species exhibit in Discovery Hall. Destined to be a centerpiece of technology enhancements now underway at Aquarena Center, the new aquarium will be the first education exhibit to greet visitors as they enter the newly renovated […]
Aquatic Education, Ewing Halsell Foundation, Experiential Education, Meadows Center, Pioneer Foundation, Rudolph Rosen, STEM, water
First ever STEM Corps class held for students in the nation’s largest Job Corps training center Twenty Job Corps students from the nation’s largest Job Core training center, the Gary Job Corps in San Marcos, Texas, became the first ever STEM Corps class on October 23, 2012. The students traveled to the campus of Texas State University and the Meadows Center for Water […]
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The Texas Pioneer Foundation has provided a generous grant to The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment for educational improvements to Discovery Hall exhibits at Aquarena Center. Now part of The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment, Aquarena Center’s Discovery Hall is playing an ever increasing role in providing innovative technology-enhanced education about […]
Ewing Halsell Foundation, H2O, Meadows Center, Rudolph Rosen, STEM, Water EducationSTEM training for Gary Job Corps students by H2O partner the Meadows Center for Water and the Environment to feature H2O’s water education technology enhancements. The Gary Job Corps is the largest Job Corps center in the United States and houses the largest GED program in the state of Texas. It is situated on 775 […]
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CLICK ON PHOTO FOR VIDEO Teachers are provided curricula and teaching enhancements in a new “bays and estuaries” Teaching with the Stars teacher education unit filmed in Corpus Christi, Texas. In this preview, Dr. Larry McKinney, executive director of the Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies describes the productivity of estuaries and the […]
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New Teaching with the Stars teacher training unit on STEM marine science education. CLICK ON PHOTO FOR VIDEO High school students are featured in a new Teaching with the Stars teacher education unit filmed in Corpus Christi, Texas. Students take a field trip to Goose Island State Park in Aransas Bay to learn about oysters and […]
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H2O partners, the Harte Research Institute and The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment, have proposed a jointly funded project with Texas Parks and Wildlife Department to produce aquatic science education guides for Texas’ students and STEM resource guides for teachers. The project would draft and produce aquatic science education guides covering Texas’ headwaters […]
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Experiential education and research interactive kiosks now in aquarium room — Part of Aquarena Technology Integration Test Center at The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment. Through experimentation, evaluation, and research into educational value and cost options, workers supported by H2O are developing suitable cost-effective educational enhancement technology to full-scale in a new major […]
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Mobile technology enhanced STEM education workshop shows new directions open to educators. Teachers wanting to place their own educational content on mobile devices, such as iPads and iPhones, participated in a workshop delivered by H2O’s Rudolph Rosen on July 19, 2012. The Welder Wildlife Foundation sponsored the workshop, which was focused on applying technology innovations […]
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