{"id":9891,"date":"2025-01-22T15:19:52","date_gmt":"2025-01-22T15:19:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/wncelementarystemcop\/?p=9891"},"modified":"2025-01-22T15:19:52","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T15:19:52","slug":"eco-explorers-diving-into-hellbender-conservation-at-rosman-elementary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/wncelementarystemcop\/blog\/2025\/01\/22\/eco-explorers-diving-into-hellbender-conservation-at-rosman-elementary\/","title":{"rendered":"Eco Explorers!  Diving into Hellbender Conservation at Rosman Elementary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our January 2025 WNC Elementary STEM Community of Practice virtual gathering highlighted <em><strong>Eco Explorers! Diving into Hellbender Conservation<\/strong> <strong>at Rosman Elementary<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0 \u00a0This project provided an inspiring example of collaboration and community engagement between Tammy Kiser (5th grade teacher), Liz Beck (Learning Designer with RootEd), and Anne Krichten (Director of Education at the Chattanooga Zoo).\u00a0 Students dug into science content, engaged in a range of literacy activities, raised community awareness, and continue to advocate for hellbender conservation.\u00a0 Find out more by visiting these links:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1KyKCUpKNo4jT4es9m5QZducMhO4ie7RE\/view?usp=drive_link\">January 2025 WNC Elementary Science\/STEM Community of Practice Intro Slides<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/presentation\/d\/1lUnUX9sHCYffs2XmQA2fLIjfax26CuMoVoDih65xlAY\/edit?usp=sharing\">Slides from Highlight&#8211; <i>Eco Explorers: Diving Into Hellbender Conservation at Rosman Elementary<\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li>The Transylvania Times article: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transylvaniatimes.com\/education\/rosman-elementary-students-raise-hellbender-salamander-awareness\/article_33e18830-fd8f-11ee-9fdd-434ea3a2c142.html\">Rosman Elementary Students Raise Hellbender Salamander Awareness<\/a><\/li>\n<li><i><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/wcu.zoom.us\/rec\/share\/EBdaAsBUbVFOaqQR49v62uDlik_I6TfHIpWBrQGqAT5pYvxgpKT_hT3bPbvpXjuj.bFmNwjzXSm17gTeA?startTime=1737493358000%20Passcode:%20t7M.#D0p\">Recording of our meeting<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/drive\/folders\/1jpClSdQ-TtWFp9ZZumcbRb3JWgoc7o9G\">2024-2025 WNC Elementary STEM Community of Practice Google folder<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Contact information for presenters:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tammy Kiser, Rosman Elementary, tkiser@tcsnc.org<\/li>\n<li>Liz Beck, RootEd, lbeck@constructivelearningdesign.org<\/li>\n<li>Anne Krichten, Chattanooga Zoo, akrichten@chattzoo.org<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9895\" src=\"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/wncelementarystemcop\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/403\/2025\/01\/Eco-Explorers-Hellbender-Conservation-300x169.png\" alt=\"Photo of Eco Explorers\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our January 2025 WNC Elementary STEM Community of Practice virtual gathering highlighted Eco Explorers! Diving into Hellbender Conservation at Rosman Elementary.\u00a0 \u00a0This project provided an inspiring example of collaboration and community engagement between Tammy Kiser (5th grade teacher), Liz Beck (Learning Designer with RootEd), and Anne Krichten (Director of Education at the Chattanooga Zoo).\u00a0 Students [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3386,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"<p>Our January 2025 WNC Elementary STEM Community of Practice virtual gathering highlighted <em><strong>Eco Explorers! Diving into Hellbender Conservation<\/strong> <strong>at Rosman Elementary<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0 \u00a0This project provided an inspiring example of collaboration and community engagement between Tammy Kiser (5th grade teacher), Liz Beck (Learning Designer with RootEd), and Anne Krichten (Director of Education at the Chattanooga Zoo).\u00a0 Students dug into science content, engaged in a range of literacy activities, raised community awareness, and continue to advocate for hellbender conservation.\u00a0 Find out more by visiting these links:<\/p><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1KyKCUpKNo4jT4es9m5QZducMhO4ie7RE\/view?usp=drive_link\">January 2025 WNC Elementary Science\/STEM Community of Practice Intro Slides<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/presentation\/d\/1lUnUX9sHCYffs2XmQA2fLIjfax26CuMoVoDih65xlAY\/edit?usp=sharing\">Slides from Highlight-- <i>Eco Explorers: Diving Into Hellbender Conservation at Rosman Elementary<\/i><\/a><\/li><li>The Transylvania Times article: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transylvaniatimes.com\/education\/rosman-elementary-students-raise-hellbender-salamander-awareness\/article_33e18830-fd8f-11ee-9fdd-434ea3a2c142.html\">Rosman Elementary Students Raise Hellbender Salamander Awareness<\/a><\/li><li><i><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/wcu.zoom.us\/rec\/share\/EBdaAsBUbVFOaqQR49v62uDlik_I6TfHIpWBrQGqAT5pYvxgpKT_hT3bPbvpXjuj.bFmNwjzXSm17gTeA?startTime=1737493358000%20Passcode:%20t7M.#D0p\">Recording of our meeting<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/drive\/folders\/1jpClSdQ-TtWFp9ZZumcbRb3JWgoc7o9G\">2024-2025 WNC Elementary STEM Community of Practice Google folder<\/a><\/li><\/ul><p>Contact information for presenters<\/p><ul><li>Tammy Kiser, Rosman Elementary, tkiser@tcsnc.org<\/li><li>Liz Beck, RootEd, lbeck@constructivelearningdesign.org<\/li><li>Anne Krichten, Chattanooga Zoo, akrichten@chattzoo.org<\/li><\/ul>","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[86,88],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-highlights","category-resources"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/wncelementarystemcop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/wncelementarystemcop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/wncelementarystemcop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/wncelementarystemcop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3386"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/wncelementarystemcop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9891"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/wncelementarystemcop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9891\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9897,"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/wncelementarystemcop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9891\/revisions\/9897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/wncelementarystemcop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/wncelementarystemcop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/wncelementarystemcop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}