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Background and Acknowledgements

The Texas Aquatic Science Project

Texas Aquatic Science Project

Acknowledgements and Background

picture of STEM textbook on water and aquatic science by author and professor Rudolph Rosen

Texas Aquatic Science textbook

Texas Aquatic Science is an internationally-recognized suite of free technology-enhanced learning materials entirely available on-line or in traditional format that takes middle through high school science students through the wonderful world of water, from headwaters to oceans, and molecules to ecosystems. The curriculum is comprehensive, was open to review by all Texas science teachers while being developed, and has been the subject of research studies involving over 167 teachers and 4,500 students in school districts in Austin, Dallas, East Texas, Houston, Rio Grande Valley, and San Antonio. The curriculum has received international recognition, has been the subject of publications in peer reviewed journals and was featured at the 2017 World Water Congress.

The curriculum consists of an on-line (free) and printed textbook, an 800-page teachers guide and teaching materials, over 250 specially produced videos for on-line and classroom learning, interactive and on-line learning aids, multiple on-line partners hosting curriculum materials, and a network of over 65 certified outdoor learning centers located throughout Texas where teachers may take entire classes for outdoor learning linked to the curriculum through field experiences. The curriculum is fully correlated with Texas state education standards, the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS).

Teachers Guide to Texas Aquatic Science by Sandra Johnson to accompany the water science textbook Texas Aquatic Science by Rudolph Rosen

Teachers Guide – Texas Aquatic Science

Acknowledgements

The Texas Aquatic Science Project is a cooperative education effort 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. Texas Aquatic Science was modeled after the Missouri Department of Conservation‘s (MDC) curriculum, Conserving Missouri’s Aquatic Ecosystems.

Project Directors were Rudolph Rosen and Nancy Herron. Texas Aquatic Science was authored, adapted, and edited by Rudolph Rosen, Ph.D., who also designed the Texas Aquatic Science web site. Sandra Johnson, Ph.D. served as educational consultant and authored the accompanying Teacher Guide. Videos were produced by Randall Maxwell. Nancy Herron, Outreach and Education Director for Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, provided leadership direction and review of the text and scripts, and Caleb Harris, TPWD aquatic education specialist, provided primary review of the educational content. Wes Tunnell, Ph.D., Associate Director of the Harte Research Institute provided special assistance on marine ecosystem science.

We wish to acknowledge the generous partnership of the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC), most specifically Mike Huffman, Regina Knauer, Jack Woodhead, Elaine Callaway, Melanie Carden-Jessen, and Mary Scott for their contribution, support for the project, and permission to use and adapt MDC text and materials in the production of Texas Aquatic Science.

Additional contributors and reviewers include Timothy Birdsong, David Bradsby, Lisa Brown, Valerie Bugh (larvalbug.com), Ron Coley, Luci Cook-Hildreth, Corpus Christi Caller Times, Kiki Corry, Shannon Davies, Kelly Drinnen, Ducks Unlimited Canada, Ducks Unlimited, Inc., Carolyn Chipman Evans, Chase Fountain, Stephan Magnelia, Dakus Geeslin, Mary Gomillion, Denise Gordon, Sharla Gutierrez, Jennifer Idol (the Underwater Designer), The In-Fisherman, Ron Kabele, Allison Knight, Gordon Linam, Cindy Loeffler, Stephan Magnelia, Jennifer Mandel Buratti, Karen Marks, Sam Massey, Randall Maxwell, Kevin Mayes, Captain Mike McBride, Larry McKinney, Heather Millar, Meredith Miller, Warren Pullich, Steve Quinn, Shelly Rosen, Margaret Russell, Olivia Sanchez, Andrew Sansom, Lindsay Sansom, Donna Shaver, Kris Shipman, Patt Sims, Cappy Smith, Lee Smith, Jessica Snyder, Greg Southard, Gail Sutton, Brenda Templeton, Travis Tidwell, Jace Tunnell, Emily Warren, Terry Wendland, Donna Work, Scott Yaich, and Brian Van Zee.

Special thanks go to funding partners, the Ewing Halsell Foundation, San Antonio and the Sport Fish Restoration Program of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

The partners are committed to connecting young Texans to the natural world through inquiry based, experiential learning, and support of outdoor recreation and industries.

Texas Aquatic Science Curriculum Effectiveness Research

Texas Aquatic Science is an internationally-recognized suite of free technology-enhanced learning materials entirely available on-line or in traditional format that takes middle through high school science students through the wonderful world of water, from headwaters to oceans, and molecules to ecosystems. The curriculum is comprehensive, was open to review by all Texas science teachers while being developed, and has been the subject of research studies involving over 167 teachers and 4,500 students in school districts in Austin, Dallas, East Texas, Houston, Rio Grande Valley, and San Antonio. The curriculum has received international recognition, has been the subject of publications in peer reviewed journals and was featured at the 2017 World Water Congress.

Effectiveness Research and Development Papers – Texas Aquatic Science Project

Rosen, R. A. and J. Smith. 2017. STEM Pathway for Aquatic Science: Experiential Learning In and Out of Classrooms. 10th Annual Texas STEM Conference, January 19-20, Dallas, TX.

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0BzsnCEIDPF-yTG1xY1ozNHFiZkE

Rosen, R.A., E. Scanlon, and J. Smith. 2017. Future water stewardship and fact-based water policy: an aquatic science education pathway model. Proceedings of the XVIth International Water Resources Association World Water Congress. May 30, Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico.

https://wwc2017.iwra.org/agenda.php?activity_id=93&action=Display

Rosen, R. A., E. Scanlon, and J. Smith. 2016. Aquatic science education pathway from headwaters to ocean is a model for place-based experiential learning for protecting and stewarding Gulf states’ freshwater and marine resources: Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies Transactions, v. 66, p. 475–485.

https://water-texas.org/Rosen-etal-TxAqSci-2016.pdf

https://www.gcags.orgexploreanddiscover/2016/00034_rosen_et_al.pdf

Rosen, R.A. 2016. Marine/Aquatic Science Education and Integrating Formal and Informal Education and Outreach Opportunities: The Texas Aquatic Science Pathway. Global Marine Sustainability Symposium and Workshop, Marine Education Opportunities – Achieving the right mix: overseas students, in-country needs, and informal education and outreach. September 20, Oban, Scotland.

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B4yltJzK0okMelh3Njgtb3FGZG8

Non-Commercial/Educational Use Requirements – Texas Aquatic Science Project Materials

The information, drawings, photos and/or other content on this website can be used for “noncommercial and/or educational” purposes as long as they are not reproduced for sale or presented as original works. Credit lines must be maintained if already displayed on this website. Reproduced information that is utilized verbatim should be credited as follows: “Information courtesy of Texas Aquatic Science partners: Texas Parks and Wildlife, The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment, and the Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies.”

© Copyright 2013 by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department; The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment, Texas State University; and The Hart Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi.

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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. The Texas Aquatic Science textbook was written and edited by Rudolph Rosen, Ph.D..

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