DLR2 - Distance Learning Region 2
February Student Events
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2016 Read Across America-Sussational Celebration
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https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1-sybz5CMcwG80swtZgjKy9_NAJ099K7e7E4zTxYFTBo/viewformAnimals In Space and Other Cool NASA Stuff!
2/2/2016 10:00-10:45 am
3rd-6th grades
Do you think NASA wanted to send a pig into space? What did the original space suits look like? Find the answers to these questions and more by exploring historical NASA documents from the National Archives. Learn about the development of the space program through records that were created for the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo missions."In the News" - Chinese New Year
K-6th grades
Xin Nian Kwai Le! Celebrate Chinese New Year with the Old Jail Art Center! Discover the origins of the Chinese Zodiac Calendar and enjoy the ancient legend of The Great Race. Identify each animal in the 12-year calendar cycle through an investigation of art and artifacts from the museum collection. Learn the animal symbol for the year of your birth-and which animal represents 2016!
PreHistoric Warfare!
4th-12th
Join Drew and Eveline for February's Sciencecast Currents: Prehistoric Warfare! We will discus the discovery of evidence for warfare among ancient hunters-gather groups in modern-day Kenya, Dating nearly 10,000 years ago, the human remains found that at this site suggest that warfare in prehistoric society might have originated considerably earlier than we imaged.
Texas State Aquarium Career Exploration Series:
Marine Mammal Trainer
2/17/2016 1:30-2:10 pm
K-12th grades
Join us with our expert animal care staff, and get an inside look at their daily duties providing for the physical and mental well being of our animals ambassadors. Students will have the opportunity to ask questions about aquarium careers and find out what education and skill sets re needed to work here at the Texas State Aquarium. Meet a member from our marine mammal team as they share how they train and care for our Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphins, Shadow and Kai.Aquarist II
3/11/2016 10:00-10:50am
K-12th grades
Join us with our expert animal care staff, and get an inside look at their daily duties providing for the physical and mental well being of our animal ambassadors. Students will have the opportunity to ask questions about aquarium careers and find out what education and skill sets are needed to work here at the Texas State Aquarium.Rafael Calderon explains TSA’s coral reef research and his daily duties as an Aquarist II in our fish and herpetology department.Senior Aqurist
4/15/2016 10:00-10:50 am
K-12th grades
Join us with our expert animal care staff, and get an inside look at their daily duties providing for the physical and mental well being of our animal ambassadors. Students will have the opportunity to ask questions about aquarium careers and find out what education and skill sets are needed to work here at the Texas State Aquarium. Our Senior Aquarist Brittany Laurel will feature her training of our 350 lb American alligator and how she feeds our sand tiger sharks.Curator for Birds and Mammals
K-12th grades
Join us with our expert animal care staff, and get an inside look at their daily duties providing for the physical and mental well being of our animal ambassadors. Students will have the opportunity to ask questions about aquarium careers and find out what education and skill sets are needed to work here at the Texas State Aquarium. Kelsey McFarland our Curator for Birds and Mammals will introduce some of the unique animals she cares for and demonstrate a few behaviors they have learned.
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Education Service Center 2
Distance Learning Contacts:
Michelle Flores 361-561-8457 or michelle.flores@esc2.us
April Swartz 361-561-8652 or april.swartz@esc2.us
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