Measure Twice, Cut Once

Before beginning my project, I explained to my students that the project they were going to take part in was part of my Kenan Fellowship. I showed them pictures from many summer experiences as well as pictures of Julia and I in the lab. During my implementation, I continued to tell my students to measure precisely because their data really mattered to a real scientist. I would continue to reinforce this each day and remind them that they were helping a real scientist. I don’t think my students really understood this until Julia came to visit our classroom. When she came and they showed her their plates, it really clicked with them that she did care about their precision in following the protocols. Throughout the year, because of this Ah-Ha moment, students have continued to care about their precision when measuring and collecting data. This would not be the case had it not been for my Kenan Fellowship.