leadership in high schools

http://www.slideshare.net/nashworld/protecting-ocean-resources-from-missouri-

Our teacher Mr. Kim Minnier teaches classes on Marine Biology to grades 9-12 students as an elective.  He developed this class after receiving a grant worth U.S $5,000 in 2006, from the National Education Association in Washington, D.C.   The above slide is one I accessed from slideshare a wonderful resource for teachers and presenters which focusses on a variey of topics.  This slide explores all the interesting facts about fish from hatching, fish on our tables and the implications for this industry in the future.  I like the tie in this slide shows,  between what happens in Missouri, USA.,  how this impacts food choices in Japan and the cost of fish world wide.  

Mr. Minnier’s class began working on a wall mural last year which showed the progression of ocean life from bottom feeders to the big blue whale.  We hope to have this class grow with an incoming group of freshmen this year.  Thank you Kim for taking a love that you have for fish and aquariums and parlaying this into an area of study and interest for students. 

Can you begin to think of all the leisure time fun our students have when they learn how to cultivate an interest and learn skills associated with maintaining aquariums?   

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