Conch in the Classroom Survey

Please take a minute and fill out the following survey on your Conch in the Classroom experience.
Your answers and comments will be very useful in helping to evaluate and expand our program.

1. Please select a Grade Level

2. City and State (or country) of school

3. Class subject (i.e., biology, marine science, etc)

4. Number of students exposed to Conch In The Classroom during 05-06 school year

5. Lessons used (select all that apply)
All
Lesson 1.1 - History and Socio-economics
Lesson 2.1 - Geography and Habitat
Lesson 2.2 - Life Cycle
Lesson 2.3 - The Early Stages
Lesson 2.4 - Anatomy of a Conch
Lesson 3.1 - Fisheries Management
Lesson 4.1 - Queen Conch Aquaculture
Lesson 5.1 - Aquariums in the Classroom

6. Modules utilized (select all that apply)
History and Socio-economics
Geography, Habitat, and Biology
Fisheries Management and Marine Reserves
Aquaculture
Queen Conch Dissection
Queen Conch Dissection Quiz
How to Set up an Aquarium

7. Were the lessons useful?

8. How well did these lessons fit into your curriculum?

9. Did the National Science Standards listed on the lessons help you incorporate the plans into your curriculum?

10. The lesson plans were easy to follow

11. Did you have to change part of the lesson(s) to better suit your class (Please Answer Yes/No plus comments)?

12. Did you conduct an experiment in your classroom with live conch? (If no, skip to number 18)

13. How would you rate your classroom experiment experience

14. How many students participated in the classroom experiment?

15. What were some of your problems with the experiment (check all that apply)
Conch dying
Poor water quality
Not sure how to maintain an aquarium
Not enough information provided in lessons
Unable to contact CHN representative
Not clear how to measure and weigh conch
Difficult time designing experiment
Problems with conch shipment
Difficulty getting students involved
Other

16. What experiment did you run (check all that apply)
Density
Substrate
Feeding/Diet type
Calcium levels
Other

17. Would you use live queen conch in your classroom again

18. What was the most useful lesson and/or module in the program?

19. What can be done to improve the Conch in the Classroom program?

20. Will you use these lessons again during the 2006-2007 school year?

21. Do you have any additional comments?