T&PW TV Feature: Down Under, Out Yonder
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The Texas Parks and Wildlife TV series airs a segment this month about a splash course in Marine Science. Producer, Don Cash.
The Down Under, Out Yonder Program is sponsored by the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, and what it does, it takes teachers, educators out on a five-day workshop, and it’s on a boat, and what they’re trying to do is teach the teachers about marine sciences, and they in turn will take that back to their classrooms.
I want to be able to go back in and relate this to my students in my class next year.
One of the schools in Houston that we feature has actually started a scuba diving class in the school—and the students are becoming certified scuba divers.
It’s fun. It’s hand’s on. They’ll walk away from here, and not matter where they go in the world, they’re a certified scuba diver. And they learned that at F.M. Black Middle School.
The marine science to a science education class is a natural connection, but one of the different connections was, an art teacher who went and took a lot of the photographs and stuff back to his classroom and had his students drawing what he had seen down in the ocean. So, it’s a really interesting program. A great way to teach teachers is to get them out there in the environment, and they can take that hands-on experience and bring it back to their classrooms.
Thanks Don.
That’s our show… with support from the Sport Fish Restoration Program…working to increase fishing and boating opportunities in Texas…For Texas Parks and Wildlife…I’m Cecilia Nasti.
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Here’s a link to cut and paste into your browser that will take you to the Down Under, Out Yonder program Don talked about,
http://www.gulfmex.org/duoy.htm
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