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The second-graders at Concordia Lutheran School are studying coral reefs in science class this fall.
So to encourage their curiosity, science teacher Melanie Beck brought in deep-sea diver Doug Maley on Wednesday to talk about the process of diving and everything he’d seen in the seas.
About 40 kids oohed and aahed as Maley strapped on his vest and air tank and demonstrated how to breathe through a regulator.
Then he reached into a bag and put a starfish, a pufferfish, shark teeth and whale bones into eager, outstretched hands. Maley had a few planned remarks, but they were cut short by a barrage of questions:
“Have you even seen a shark?”
“Have you ever been to the Atlantic Ocean?”
“Have you ever seen a dolphin?”
“Have you ever seen an eel?”
Logan Jackson, 7, said he liked feeling Maley’s prehistoric shark teeth, but that the spiny pufferfish was the coolest thing to hold. Like the other second-graders, Logan will be giving a presentation on a sea creature this month. He’s focusing on the hermit crab, which is cool, he says, because of its “big shell.”
Maley, an equipment specialist with International Dive Training, said he’d never done a classroom demonstration before. “It was fun,” he said. “But I wasn’t expecting that many questions.”
•The Northeast Indiana College Fair will be from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. and 6 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in Walb Student Union at Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne.
•To register for a spot in the Village Elementary School afternoon pre-kindergarten program, visit the main office, 4625 Werling Drive, to pick up an application.
• “Rebecca” will be shown at 8 p.m. Thursday in Schomburg Auditorium.
•The Forester Lecture Series will feature J. Kameron Carter, associate professor of theology at Duke Divinity School, who will discuss “Obama and the Legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.” at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Zurcher Auditorium of the Merillat Centre for the Arts.
•The Huntington University Enterprise Resource Center, in collaboration with Coffee D’Vine, will host a résumé workshop for displaced workers or for those who need assistance updating their résumés from 10 a.m. to noon Thursday at Coffee D’Vine, 44 Vine St., Huntington. The workshops are free, but all participants need to register in advance by calling the Enterprise Resource Center at 359-4104.
•James Galbraith, an author and economist, will present “The Great Financial Crisis at Two Years” at the next Omnibus Lecture at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in the John and Ruth Rhinehart Music Center. No tickets are required. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
• “Southwest Experience” featuring Nicholas Valdez will be from noon to 1:15p.m. Wednesday in Kettler Hall, room 119.
•“The Many Faces of Latino Culture” will be from noon to 1 p.m. Thursday in Walb Union, room G8.
•The Latino Gospel Fest will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday in the John and Ruth Rhinehart Music Center.
•Carol Lawton, professor and chair of the psychology department, will present “Turn Right, Go East: Gender, Wayfinding, and Spatial Thinking” from noon to 1 p.m. Thursday in the Helmke Library, second floor.
•The University Religious Forum will host “Buddhism, Christianity, and Learning” with Otto Chang from noon to 1:15 p.m. Thursday in Walb Student Union, rooms 222, 224 and 226.
•Hispanic Month Celebration will be held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday in the Coliseum Campus Crescent Commons.
•The Northeast Regional College Fair will be held from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesday in the University Center.
