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This was a project
that became an interest to a teacher because she inherited a saltwater
fish tank from a retired teacher. The teacher has never worked with
saltwater fish. She decided that this may as well be a learning experience
for her students also. They incorporated it as a classroom project
with their ecology unit. The cost of setting up a saltwater tank
was quite expensive. She already had the tank, stand, and filteration
system. The money of the grant was used to purchase the salt and
other chemicals, light bulbs, food, and the animals. The goal was
to establish a saltwater tank as the culminating activity of an ecology
unit.
The 10th grade
honors biology students were responsible for the set up and maintenance
of the tank, but it benefited all of that teachers biology students which
included the honors class and two 10th grade technical career biology classes
(approximately 70 students).
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