Teaching aquarium innovator and 5th grade teacher at West Harpswell Elementary School located in Maine, Mrs. Giberson and some her students share their science classroom tank experience through a interesting video. Topics include: maintenance, feeding, and handling the creatures of the cold-water touch tank. Enjoy! Grants Available
This video of a science classroom tank is one of the best that Touch-Tank as ever seen. Many schools, museums, educational centers and even businesses make the decision to install a science classroom tank aquarium as a means to reach students and educate customers.
They reduce stress allowing for superior learning, minimize nervousness relaxing students helping them learn and lessens anxiety assisting small children who aren’t used to being away their parents adjust to the new environment.
They show students how fish live, demonstrate the value of natural aquatic habitats, teach children responsibilities as they care for the live inhabitants, and encourage respect as caretakers learn to nurture and care for those more vulnerable than themselves.
Aquariums teach people about the importance of marine and aquatic resources and they are great fun! If you want to explore the possibilities of supplying a superior teaching experience to your students, apply for a Touch Tanks for Kids Grant and discover how to bring a science classroom tank to a location near you.
Having an educational aquarium in the classroom has a number of benefits, 
including learning, health and environmental benefits. This is why so many educators use touch tanks to reach students, parents and yes, even administrators. Touch-Tank hopes that you enjoyed this video of a science classroom tank has much as we did!
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Mr. Chrishan’s creature features assignment works as a wonderful way to reach students. Please, help Matthew expand his lessons to more students.
Every week Mr. Chrishan requires his students to observe and report on the habits of a sea creature. The creature features dwell in a large reef aquarium located in his school’s library and small aquarium housed in the school’s laboratory. This learning exercise inspires his students to answer specific questions while they observe the natural behavior of the warm-water animals.
Matthew Chrishan believes a cold-water touch tank will help his students learn Science with less resistance because hands-on activates promote learning and will assist his students in recognizing that there is much to learn about the creature features our vast oceans including one of Matt’s passions, coral reefs.
Although the existence of cold-water corals is recognized for several hundreds of years, it is only since the early nineties that scientists have realized that large coral reef structures thrive in parts of the ocean that remain unexplored.
“Little is known about cold-water reef propagation,” says Dave Young Treasure of Capital District Marine Aquarist Society (CDMAS). Dave, who is available for marine science educational presentations, explains that more research and experimentation will help solve coral reef issues. “There is very little information about cold-water species available and this is why I introduced the touch tank concept to our club.”
The Capital District Marine Aquarist Society (CDMAS) is a group of reef-oriented individuals that hold informal, monthly meetings at a volunteer’s home.
Shellfish reefs and beds are essential to the health of marine ecosystems, and realistic and cost-effective solutions in conservation, restoration, and management will help regenerate shellfish reefs and aquarium hobbyist like Matt, Dave and the other members of CDMAS have contributed greatly to the understanding of coral reef propagation with educational such as creature features helping students improve understanding as well.
Dave wants Berlin High School of Berlin, New York get a touch tank and work 
with Matthew Chrishan to disseminate information about cold-water species and reef propagation. Matt has an abundance of knowledge to share and a cold-water touch tank aquarium equipped with a superior filtration system will defiantly advance our knowledge of the cold-water oceans that surround us.
To contribute to Berlin High School’s campaign or a program of your choice visit, Touch Tanks for Kids or contact Mike Martin at 207-944-9852 or mikemartin@touchtanksforkids.org
Your support will bring assignments such as creature features to more students. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!
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Many schools, museums, educational centers and even businesses make
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the decision to install an innovative teaching aquarium as a means to reach students and educate customers.
Teaching aquariums have a number of benefits, including learning, health and environmental benefits. This is why so many educators and businesspeople decide to improve the décor of their space with a teaching aquarium.
Reduce stress-allowing for superior learning
Minimize nervousness-relaxing prospects helping them purchase
Lessen anxiety-helping small children who aren’t used to being away from their parents for a extended period of time adjust to the new environment
Show students how fish live
Demonstrate the value of natural aquatic habitats
Teach children responsible as they care for the live inhabitants
Encourage respect as caretakers learn to nurture other living things and care for those more vulnerable than themselves.
Install a teaching aquarium into your classroom, museum, educational center, or business today. Your abilities to educate your students about aquatic life will improve and your business will sell more products.
Prime Toyota of Saco, Maine installed a innovation teaching aquarium on their showroom floor last year. The salespeople love it because it signifies the company’s commitment to environmental education and it gives the kids something to do allowing time for their parents to purchase cars.
“What a great way to connect children to the environment.” Said Ira Rosenberg, chief executive officer of Prime Motor Group
Innovative Teaching Aquariums teach people about the importance of marine and aquatic resources and they are great fun! If you want to explore the possibilities of supplying a superior teaching experience to your students and customers contact Marine Ecological Habitats or Touch Tanks for Kids today!
Please share you innovative teaching ideas by posting a comment. Your participate is appreciated.
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Marine Ecological Habitats designs and builds the best self-contained marine
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aquariums available. They use the highest-quality American-made cast acrylic and the quality is unmatched. All their systems include superior parts that will not rust, corrode or delaminate, and filtration systems use the finest biological, chemical and particle removal process that provides a healthier environment for both marine life and people who use Marine Eco’s equipment.
Touch Tanks are long-term scientific research/teaching tools. Like all of Marine Eco’s marine habitats’ products, Touch Tanks feature the finest quality components, including three quarter inch American Acrylic and are designed to last many years.Their marine aquariums are child-friendly, easy to maintain and mobile. The tank’s design allows educators to recreate life in the sea to a remarkable degree of accuracy.
Touch-Tank highly recommends Marine Ecological Habitats products because 
of their superior quality that prevents environmental issues. The Biddeford, Maine Company offers several touch tank designs and Touch-Tank would like to introduce our readers to three unique Marine Eco’s touch tanks that provide a greater learning experience: the original touch tank, the Sea Bus and the L-shaped touch tank.
The original touch tank retails for $7000. The 110-gallon self-contained unit overall size is 60” long, 32” Wide, and 36” high. It is prefect for classroom instruction!
The Sea Bus retails for $4000. The 25-gallon self-contained unit is a completely mobile classroom, prefect for short-term educational presentation.
The L Shaped touch tank retails for $13,500. The self-contained touch tank, presently in construction will soon be on display at the Environmental Learning Center (ELC): 255 Live Oak Drive, Vero Beach, FL 32963; Phone: 772-589-5050; Email: Info@DiscoverELC.org
Hours of Operation:
Tuesday – Friday 10am-4pm
Saturday 9am-12pm (extended to 4pm during winter season),
Sunday 1pm – 4pm
Contact Marine Ecological Habitats to learn more about their marien aquariums and other products.
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