North Carolina State University has 
signs around campus that simply show the school’s goal of creating active thinkers and learners. These signs just say: “Think & Do”. Straight to the point. The great thing about this short motto: it is interdisciplinary. No matter what you are studying in the university, you can think, process, create and act.
As I have driven past these signs this week on the way to work in the lab, I have thought about creating that same attitude within my students. How do I let my students know that it is okay to really think and really act on the things that they feel is important?
I hope that these skills and lessons I am learning in lab can transfer to the skills and attitudes about science in my classroom, creating a “thinking and doing” of science.