codyspring – CCDCP Mojave Max https://mojavemax.com Wed, 03 Apr 2019 14:13:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.8.9 Have You Entered Your Emergence Contest Guess Yet? https://mojavemax.com/news/2017/12/13/have-you-entered-your-emergence-contest-guess-yet/ Wed, 13 Dec 2017 11:36:47 +0000 https://mojavemax.com/?p=13710 Mojave Max is a real live tortoise that lives at the Springs Preserve. Every fall when the hot Las Vegas weather cools off, Max goes into his burrow to begin brumation (this is how Max hibernates). In the spring, when the weather begins to warm up, Max emerges. The person who guesses as closely as possible to the correct day, hour and minute when Max will emerge from his burrow wins!

Students from Clark County, Nevada, in grades K-6 who are enrolled in public, private, and registered home schools of the Clark County School District are eligible to win. The grand prize winner and his or her entire class will win t-shirts, Mojave Max Olympic-style medals, a pizza party and a field trip to the Springs Preserve to see the real Mojave Max! The winner also receives a laptop computer, a digital camera, and an ‘America the Beautiful’ year-long pass to National Parks and Federal Recreational areas. The winner’s teacher will receive a laptop computer.

To enter the contest, click on Learn and then the Emergence Contest button.

The Mojave Max Education Program is provided by a partnership among Clark County, the Clark County School District, Outside Las Vegas Foundation and the Springs Preserve.

]]> Mojave Max Assemblies are Underway! https://mojavemax.com/news/2017/12/01/mojave-max-assemblies-are-underway/ Fri, 01 Dec 2017 11:33:38 +0000 https://mojavemax.com/?p=13708 We are so excited to have started up our Mojave Max Assemblies again this year! Students get a chance to learn about the Mojave Desert that we live in, desert tortoise biology and the weather in the Mojave Desert which plays an important part as to when Mojave Max will emerge in the spring.

Students learn clues that will help them make educated guesses for the Mojave Max Emergence Contest. The grand prize winner of the Emergence Contest and his or her class get some awesome prizes including a field trip and pizza party to meet the live Mojave Max tortoise at the Springs Preserve.

Don’t forget to ask your teacher to enter your emergence contest guesses today!

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