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 »