LoudProudNPunk
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i wish my school did anything like this. They have the money, thats for sure.
800 gallon classroom build
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tangreefkeeper
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wow talk about wanting to go back to school... that is totally insane that a school has that kind of setup to research.... keep up the great work with the kids... oh yah how about some more pics
scaryperson27
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I hearby declare you the MOST AWESOME AQUATIC SCIENCE TEACHER EVER!!!
This is an awesome post. I began keeping fish when I was about 7 or 8 thanks to my grandfather winning 21 goldfish at a fair. Who would have thought that 21 goldfish would have transpired to a reef tank today. Just think what these kids are learning and what could transpire from their experiences. Congratulations on a fantastic endeavor!
supersurfer12
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wow my school is bad were a private school but we have 1 110 gal tank with 1 humbug damsel and nothing else lol
hobogato
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since this is past the build stage and now will become a captive breeding project, i have started a new thread here:
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1698326
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1698326
Falconeer
Can I get another tank?
This is incredible!
My school has an elective Marine Biology class that I'm taking this year. We too have student-group tanks but our whole system is quite different.
We have seven 12 gallon nano-cubes and about two to three students from each section of the class (section being class period (so 3 kids from periods 1/2, from 3/4, and from 6/7 would all maintain the same tank)) maintain a tank that we chose at the beginning of the year.
In terms of ordering, our payments are already budgeted for by the school to purchase livestock, but we're limited to a certain budget each time we make an order (we made one in September, we're making one I think this week, and will make one in January or March, I believe).
Also, we don't have the option to bring the animals home at the end of the year, so we have to choose animals that can survive in our tanks (one group actually tried to order a Yellow Tang, despite knowing that they couldn't take it home when it got too big).
My tank right now has...
1 Maroon Clown
1 Sally light-foot crab
1 Anemone (not a carpet, but i'm not sure--we didn't actually order it. During the first order/shipment, a random teacher saw the animals and put them in the tanks so they wouldn't spend the weekend in boxes, so they mixed up animals and put them in random tanks)
1 Very large Feather Duster
1 Starfish--I've tried identifying it, but no luck so far
and a bunch of hermits
This class sounds awesome though, I'd like to go to your school to take it and compare the two classes, haha!
Do you do a SCUBA unit though? We spend half to three-quarters of our lab time during second semester in the pool.
My school has an elective Marine Biology class that I'm taking this year. We too have student-group tanks but our whole system is quite different.
We have seven 12 gallon nano-cubes and about two to three students from each section of the class (section being class period (so 3 kids from periods 1/2, from 3/4, and from 6/7 would all maintain the same tank)) maintain a tank that we chose at the beginning of the year.
In terms of ordering, our payments are already budgeted for by the school to purchase livestock, but we're limited to a certain budget each time we make an order (we made one in September, we're making one I think this week, and will make one in January or March, I believe).
Also, we don't have the option to bring the animals home at the end of the year, so we have to choose animals that can survive in our tanks (one group actually tried to order a Yellow Tang, despite knowing that they couldn't take it home when it got too big).
My tank right now has...
1 Maroon Clown
1 Sally light-foot crab
1 Anemone (not a carpet, but i'm not sure--we didn't actually order it. During the first order/shipment, a random teacher saw the animals and put them in the tanks so they wouldn't spend the weekend in boxes, so they mixed up animals and put them in random tanks)
1 Very large Feather Duster
1 Starfish--I've tried identifying it, but no luck so far
and a bunch of hermits
This class sounds awesome though, I'd like to go to your school to take it and compare the two classes, haha!
Do you do a SCUBA unit though? We spend half to three-quarters of our lab time during second semester in the pool.
KCMO Reefer
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Very cool class. I'm sure the students love it.
buttons buster
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wow I was wondering what happened to this build 
ashish
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That's great class and even better school for thinking outside the box. My biggest complaint with our schooling system! Teach kids the same stuff over and over again until they are 22 and expect them to pick out a career in what? algebra, history 1 and 2, english, social studies? All these courses should be left in the 8th grade (since you had almost 11 years to learn these things). If it's not interested to kids they won't learn it.
How about classes in HS for Finance(common household finance), loans and credit cards, how to get a house/mortages, world issues, local and national new, construction, medicine, pharmacy, accounting, labor work, housing projects, drug addiction, reef aquariums=), marine biology, animals of the world, planet earth, building, architecture, government jobs, infrastructure, advertising, importance of credit, people in jail, criminal justice, mechanics, general intro to different engineering, internet 101, or computer programming.
Seriously American HS has 4 years to give adult's a general idea of what's out there for them and what they could potentially like. It's just a waste of time. In England your in HS when your 11years old, in college at 15, in graduate school at 18, and professional at 22. But nothing is learned from HS in the states, everything is learned from students parents. If children did not have good role models they probably won't figure it out with our horrible school system
How about classes in HS for Finance(common household finance), loans and credit cards, how to get a house/mortages, world issues, local and national new, construction, medicine, pharmacy, accounting, labor work, housing projects, drug addiction, reef aquariums=), marine biology, animals of the world, planet earth, building, architecture, government jobs, infrastructure, advertising, importance of credit, people in jail, criminal justice, mechanics, general intro to different engineering, internet 101, or computer programming.
Seriously American HS has 4 years to give adult's a general idea of what's out there for them and what they could potentially like. It's just a waste of time. In England your in HS when your 11years old, in college at 15, in graduate school at 18, and professional at 22. But nothing is learned from HS in the states, everything is learned from students parents. If children did not have good role models they probably won't figure it out with our horrible school system
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