Why a web cam?
The BESRC web cam was established because we have lots of interesting critters in our tank that only come out at night or that our students may want to check in on from time to time over weekends or vacations. We all wondered WHAT on earth that horse shoe crab was doing in the middle of the night, because EVERY morning our gravel was completely rearranged! Plus, there are some really cool web cams on other marine tanks and aquariums across the country, like the shark tank at Mote Marine Laboratory in Florida. We wanted our students to be able to experience those as well (they are listed on our main BESRC page at the bottom) Why the Media Center? The marine reef tank in the Brown Elementary School Media Center was established so our students could experience what the gulf coast salt flat marine ecosystem was like. Many of our students have never been to the ocean. It was set up permanently in 2001 in the media center to allow all students to be able to experience it and to avoid the pro
