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Aquarium as a tool for teaching Sciences al all grades levels
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The aquarium are an excellent hands
on teaching tool in the classroom, it offers
students the opportunity to learn directly through
experience. The first step is to choose the
environmental and animals specifically for the
objectives of teaching. Its possible creates
environments of different places: seashore,
corals reef, lakes, different rivers, etc. The most
common tool for classrooms is an aquarium of
freshwater. The material necessary depends on
the environment chosen. The second step is set
up the aquarium with all material necessary.
Then is necessary select the gravel and
decoration roots or stones. If is recommend for
the environment chosen the species of plants to
introduce. Finally the fishes and invertebrates
must be introduced. The phase of set up allows
the classroom understands the requirements of
animals and plants, come from different
environments. A several examples of different
environments aquariums will be referred. After
the aquarium is established the water
parameters must be control, such as water
temperature, pH, ammonia, nitrite and nitrate
levels. Graph the information and looks to trends
is an excellent way in such levels to explain a lot
of concepts. The animals must be fed with
appropriate food, this introduce the concept of
food chain. The reproduction and behaviour of
animals are also very important to understand
zoology concepts. The reproduction and grow up
of plants are also very important to understand
botany. Is given some examples of done this in
classroom.
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Aquarium Teaching tools
Pedagogical Context
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Seixas, S., Martinho, M., 2007. Aquarium as a tool for teaching Sciences al all grades levels. Proceedings of 4th International Conference on Hands-on-Science, Development, Diversity and Inclusion in Science Education. July 23-27, Ponta Delgada, Portugal. 181-185 p