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your students becoming increasingly unruly? Are you constantly receiving “why
do I care looks” during your carefully planned lessons? Are you
finding it more difficult to keep them interested? Do you feel that you
would rather curl up with a nice book than ponder the daunting task of
writing science lesson plans? If you answered yes or no to any of the
preceding questions, you are in desperate need of Desert Survivors: The
Classroom Experience! |
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We
promise in no way to fix any of the afore mentioned issues. We do,
however, promise to bring the desert to your classroom, put smiles
on your students faces, and maybe even teach them a little something
about biology! |
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Survivors is an educational outreach program centered around a television
show that aims to increase public awareness of the environment around
Las Vegas while introducing local students to biological concepts
they will use in the classroom and eventually on standardized tests.
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program is an educational supplement and is not intended to teach concepts
as much as to intrigue students and to inspire them to enjoy science
and go on to learn more! Because the show is driven by what local fifth
graders want to know about the desert and its inhabitants, we needed
a venue to acquire questions, and what better way to interact with students
than the classroom! |
Desert
Survivors the Classroom Experience includes a thought provoking
presentation on a particular Desert Survivor presented by one of
your Desert Survivors hosts, Jen
or Candice. Followed by a review ball game,
where students have a chance to go over what they learned and loosen
up a bit. |
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During
the ball game,
small groups of students will be taken out of the classroom to
film with UNLV TV. Each student will be given a chance to ask one
or two questions regarding the topic of the day. The questions
will be taped in a fun filled session with the host that didn't
present and one of the UNLV TV camera crew members, Jennifer,
Bill, Ken or Joey. |
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student will also receive a packet with information about the show
and activities they can work on and take home to share with their
parents. Each activity packet is custom tailored to the presentation
topic of the day. These activities consist of crosswords, mazes,
word searches, recipes, riddles, hidden phrases, and cryptogram formats.
Examples of past activities can be viewed and downloaded in PDF form
in the Activities page on
this site! |
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Our
first year, we approached teachers via email contact and visited about
11 schools to compile questions for our first four shows. We now have
8 more shows to produce over the next few years and we need your help
obtaining the driving questions for the shows! All you need to do
is contact
Desert Survivors and request a visit. We will coordinate a time
to come visit your classroom. All you need to do is clear up about
an hour of class time, make sure your students publicity releases are
in order, and we’ll do the rest! |
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Desert Survivors Team consists of the two hosts, Jen
and Candice, and a small crew of 1 to 3 people from UNLV
TV. We come equipped with a projector, a computer generated presentation
on a particular desert survivor, a video camera and tons of energy! You
just supply an electrical outlet, the students, their publicity releases,
and a projection screen, or we’ll even settle for a bed sheet! |
