So something interesting happened today. We are back in school for workdays this week leading up to the first day of school on Monday. As part of that we are doing all of the typical clerical stuff, going over procedures and policies, and tapping into our strengths. Today we talked about college and career readiness as well as differentiation. To… Read more »
“So you teach science then?” This question follows my enthusiastic explanation of my summer almost every time. A lot of people that I talk to can’t figure out why a math teacher would spend their summer doing science research. More so, they are baffled by how this experience could benefit my students at all in my 8th grade math classroom…. Read more »
I may not have mentioned before that the labs at the museum are fishbowl labs. That means that the walls are glass so that museum visitors can see into the lab to experience what the scientists are doing. They can see fossils being prepared, microbes being looked at under microscopes, petri dishes being prepared, ants being studied under microscopes, etc…. Read more »
I find myself asking that A LOT lately. For starters, I work in a paleontology lab. I’m surrounded by things that are millions of years old. MILLIONS. I can’t even envision what one million dollars looks like let alone millions of years. Now anyone can go to the museum and be surrounded by objects of this same age, but to… Read more »
Before I dive in to the meat of this post, I want to take this opportunity to geek out about sharks for a minute. First and foremost, in my self-created hierarchy of coolest sharks ever, Megalodon is at the top of the list. Why? For starters, its teeth are the size of my hand or bigger and it’s three times… Read more »