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Contacts
Edith Smith, Director
Patricia Rogers, Laboratory
Technician
Gary McDowell, Laboratory
Assistant
Address
13250 Summit Ridge, Houston 77085
Route 9Contact Information
713-726-2111
713-726-2113 (Fax)
scicent@houstonisd.org |
The Hollingsworth Science Center brings science alive for HISD students. |
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Marcile Hollingsworth Nature Center |
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The Marcile Hollingsworth Nature
Center was dedicated on October 15, 2001. It is located at 13250 Summit Ridge.
The center, in cooperation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services and Texas Parks and
Wildlife, works to establish a pond, wild life management area, and a butterfly and
wildflower garden. |
| The center will
continue to offer training and workshops in addition to providing HISD teachers with live
specimens to use in science experiments. More than 51 organisms such as microscopic algae,
bacteria, guppies, and a variety of plants are available.
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| Teachers must complete a requisition
form for the
live specimens they will need for classroom or lab work. The Schoolyard Habitat
Requisition Form, new this year, will help schools maintain flourishing habitats. |
Living Specimen Requisition Form
(Elementary)
Living Specimen
Requisition Form (Secondary)
Schoolyard Habitat Requisition Form |
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Investigate the world of nature through many
Internet sites.
Interesting Internet Sites |
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| The Nature Center
is alive and propagatingnd. |
 
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Visitors
to the center are greeted with an assortment of flowering plants and
vegetation. |
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Instructional
Units
Setting Up a Mealworm Farm
(PDF)
Brine Shrimp (PDF)
Setting Up an Aquarium (PDF)
Setting Up a Schoolyard Pond (PDF)
A Drop of Pond Water (PDF) |
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| Planarians |
| Discover the world of microbes |
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PDF documents
require Acrobat Reader to view. To install a free copy, go to Adobe. |
Specimen Requisition Forms and Procedures Have
Changed