Education and Kids

A Touch Tank In The Classroom

Salt Water Touch Tank In Classroom

This is a video made by students at Harpswell Elementary School, in Maine about using and caring for their classroom Touch Tank, from Touch Tanks for Kids. Mrs. Jean Giberson, the 5th grade teacher at West Harpswell Elementary School, and some of her students talk about the touch tank in their classroom, how they maintain it, and show us some of the unique inhabitants.

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Fisher-Mitchell School Touch Tank Gets Grant Support

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Kids and Science Education on Display at Fisher-Mitchell

The Touch Tank Project at Fisher-Mitchell elementary in Bath, Maine got some needed grant support after the Merrymeeting Bay Trust called Tammy Baxter and urged her to apply for grant money the group had available. The members of the trust recognized the value of Tammy’s educational vision, of providing a more dynamic connection between kids and science, after reading about it in Seth Koieng’s article, Making it easier to see sea life. In a follow up article appearing in the the Times Record of Bath, Maine, Seth’s writes,

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A Single Touch Tank Touching Minds

Kids And Science Education Dream of A Touch Tank

A students letter has eloquently articulated the value a Touch Tank would provide for kids and science education everywhere. I encourage you to read this letter first, as it will show you why this project is so important. The students of Tuscaloosa County High of Northport, Alabama have a reason to smile. Because of the dedication of University of Alabama alum Lisa Clark, her students are now developing unique and interesting ways for them to use their very own Touch Tank to learn more about the oceans. Often times, the most difficult part of participating in the Touch Tanks for Kids Program is raising the money for the Touch Tank. Lisa’s students are working hard at raising funds and are close to buying their very own Touch Tank and all of us at Touch Tanks for Kids, including Count Sharcula, want them to succeed.