Teaching Fish Tricks in the Classroom

ss="MsoPlainText">Students teach pet fish to shoot"Generating excitement inthe learning process is at the
hoops, play fetch, swim the slalom, limbo dance andheart of teaching. Fish School is tailor-made for this”.
much more!The product shatters the perception of goldfish having
The R2 Fish School Kit is the world's first complete petjust a 3 second memory. It shows us that there is
fish training system. Using the positive reinforcementintelligence in the animal world that we cannot see or
training techniques in the R2 Fish School kit you canunderstand. The kit is being used by educators across
easily teach your fish football, soccer, slalom, the limbothe country and behavioral psychologists at the
dance, basketball and much more. Teachers areuniversity level. The R2 Fish School kit has been
catching on to the educational benefits of the kit andfeatured in many articles and national television.
educators across the country are using the kit as an inWhen the product was on Good Morning America a
class science project. The Kearney School of Science,crew was sent to film "Comet" a trained fish, "The
Communications and Technology in San Diego, CAcrews jaws just dropped, a typical reaction, when they
and science teacher Joanne "JJ" Johnson havesaw this little trained fish playing fetch or scoring a
implemented the program. They have 10 tanks setup ingoal" says Russ Ronat, President of R2 Solutions the
her classroom and students are divided into smallcompany behind the kit, "It really is amazing how easily
groups of 3 or 4.this can be learned, the kit teaches us all to be a little
"Team members experience a wonderful sense ofmore sensitive to the wonders of nature”. The R2
pride and accomplishment when they demonstrate theFish School kit has received rave product reviews and
skill of their “fish stars” to an appreciative andwas recently awarded as "Best In Show" in the
often incredulous audience.aquarium category of the 2009 Global Pet Expo.
Students have learned that patience and consistencyGlobal Pet Expo is the pet industry's largest annual
are essential toeffectively train animals", says Johnsontrade show.