Working and Careers in Water and Aquatic Science

An aquatic science educator teaches students and adults about aquatic systems.

Photo credit: Ron Coley

Educator at an Aquatic Science Center

An aquatic science educator at a science or nature center designs educational materials for students and adults, gives tours, talks to visitors, builds interactive educational displays, does work to protect aquatic systems, and helps people understand the unique aquatic ecosystem on display at their center. Educators find jobs at schools as teachers, nature centers, and state and federal agencies that have public lands open to the public. In this picture, high school students are looking underwater at the San Marcos Springs. They are riding a glass-bottom boat and listening to an educator who is driving the boat explain all about the spring ecosystem. Educators at this aquatic science center located at Texas State University are students studying for a degree in aquatic sciences or they already have a bachelor’s degree in aquatic science or education.

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Texas Aquatic Science is a cooperative education project sponsored by Texas Parks and Wildlife, The Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, and The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment at Texas State University. Additional project support came from the Ewing Halsell Foundation and the US Fish and Wildlife Service, Sport Fish Restoration Program. Rudolph Rosen, Ph.D. wrote and edited the Texas Aquatic Science textbook. Videos were produced by Randall Maxwell. Sandra Johnson, Ph.D. served as educational consultant and authored the accompanying Teacher’s Guide.