Texas Lakes - L9.2 CCE
Channel: Aquatic Science with Dr Rudy Rosen - Closed Captioned
Date: 2015-04-17

Texas Lakes, from Aquatic Science STEM curriculum Lesson 9 (Lakes and Ponds) closed captioned in English that includes topics: Where are ponds and lakes in your community? What role do they play in your economy?  How are lakes similar to ponds? How are they different?  What kind of organism makes up the greatest amount of living material in a pond?  Besides providing food, what other roles do plants have in lake and pond ecosystems?  How are plants that live under water similar to plants that live on land? How are they different?  How do temperature and oxygen levels in ponds change during each 24-hour period?  How do ponds change over time?  What are the benefits and costs of building new reservoirs as a solution for Texas’ future water needs? Dr. Rudolph “Rudy” Rosen is a professor in the Meadows Center for Water and the Environment at Texas State University.

Aquatic Science with Dr. Rudy Rosen Closed Captioned is the English language closed captioned version of an on-line video aquatic science curriculum arranged into 13 lessons in YouTube Playlists. Short videos covering important aquatic science topics can be used in teaching instruction or for self-education.  Each lesson covers a major subject area and is broken down into short sub-topic video presentations. A comprehensive teaching guide and enhancements can be downloaded FREE here: http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/publications/learning/aquaticscience/teacher_guide.pdf

The teaching textbook is published by the Texas A&M University Press and can be obtained here: http://www.tamupress.com/product/Texas-Aquatic-Science,7918.aspx or at Amazon here http://www.amazon.com/Aquatic-Science-Sponsored-Meadows-Environment/dp/1623491932 

The instructional website is here: http://texasaquaticscience.org/ 

Aquatic Science is a cooperative education project sponsored by The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment at Texas State University, Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, Texas Parks and Wildlife, and the National Science Foundation sponsored Research Coordination Network for Climate, Energy, Environment and Engagement in Semiarid Regions (RCN-CE3SAR). Some materials were adapted from or provided by the Missouri Department of Conservation.