The Simplified Classroom Aquarium: A Teacher's Guide to Operating and Maintaining a Small Classroom Aquarium [Paperback]

Ed Stansbury (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0398069476 | ISBN-13: 978-0398069476 | Publication Date: May 1999

This book was written specifically to help teachers at any grade level run a simple aquarium, and through it, introduce simple biological ideas to their students. It begins by guiding the teacher who has no biological training through the process of buying, setting up and running a small classroom aquarium successfully, easily, and cheaply. The author discusses a time-proven way of setting up an aquarium without pumps, filters, heaters, and the other paraphernalia normally sold in aquarium shops, saving you time, unneeded complications in care, and reducing costs to a bare-bones minimum. A discussion of the pros and cons of equipment, along with the author¹s suggested choices, is provided. Later chapters discuss the common fish and plant choices that are hardy and will flourish in our unheated, room temperature tank. Many enlightening demonstrations and experiments have also been included on water quality, life forms that can be found in the tank, how to make your own foods, breeding recipes for the fish, and how to grow organisms to feed the fish, all presented simply, with the cheapest of materials. Even the most experienced high school biology teacher will find new ideas for demonstrations and group activities for their classrooms. Teachers will find that the book will help students, from the youngest of ages, become comfortable with science and awaken their intuitive biological instincts and develop a sense of biologic, which will benefit them greatly in their future studies and throughout their lives.

Product Details

• Paperback: 138 pages
• Publisher: Charles C Thomas Pub Ltd (May 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0398069476
• ISBN-13: 978-0398069476
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,561,897 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars The Simplified Classroom Aquarium, December 26, 2000

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Gary Swinyar (Auburn, WA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Simplified Classroom Aquarium: A Teacher's Guide to Operating and Maintaining a Small Classroom Aquarium (Paperback)

As both a school principal and a hobbiest/breeder, I found Ed Standsbury's The Simplified Aquarium to be both interesting and extremely helpful. Teachers have known for years the calming effect an aquarium can have in the classroom. This book shows how an aquarium can also be a center for hands-on, experiential learning. I heartily recommend this book as a very helpful guide to anyone who wants to enjoy the aquarium hobby whether at home or in a classroom!