RE: Science teaching programs (was Re: [Killietalk] Gender control)

["Ken Ealey" <kealey at telus_net>]

The idea of using killifish in classrooms is very exciting. As an
educational science consultant I encourage all grade levels to include
killies or any other fish in their science programs. The major draw back
however is the lack of confident classroom teachers to care for the
supposed exotics. Do we need to produce high school experts; no just
competent fish keepers who can maintain a species or two for study
purposes. As interest amongst the students, what ever grade level,
increases perhaps they will become the experts. I feel the real issue is
to continue the success of Dr. Ingersoll, if not to his level at least
in his memory.

Ken Ealey
Edmonton, Alberta
780/461-9872
kealey at telus_net


-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:killietalk-bounces+kealey=telus_net at aka.org] On Behalf Of Wright
Huntley
Sent: June 21, 2004 6:48 PM
To: killifish discussion list
Subject: Science teaching programs (was Re: [Killietalk] Gender control)

Barry,

Barry Cooper <bjc3 at centurytel_net> wrote:

> Dave,
> 
> To be clear. I did no mean to criticize your hobbyist project. I
> encourage you to continue. I just also think it is a good project for
> a school science teaching program.

I, too, see it as a super "science-fair" type learning project. 
Unfortunately, since we lost Dr. Royal Ingersoll (Crystal Springs Upland

School), I don't know of any active senior high-school programs that 
could pull it off. We have a couple of middle-school-level programs in 
the Bay Area, which is truly encouraging, but I suspect this one is at a

much more advanced biology level.

Is there something we could be doing to get some programs going at the 
high school or AP levels? How about using AKA videos for local biology 
classes? Do we have to create expert killifish folk, like Royal, just to

make anything work? Can we get appropriate fish to the students?

I'd love to see some creative discussions here on this topic.

I'm willing to expend some effort, 'cause it's a neat idea, but really 
do not have a very good feel for what would actually be productive.

Wright

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