I want my summer internship to change my teaching methods to better serve my students.  I have already begun inquiry activities that require problem solving in my classes instead of lecture.  The students have enjoyed the inquiry activities and appear to be understanding the information better.  My Chemistry classes designed their own procedures for measuring length, mass, density, volume, and… Read more »

I will be incorporating the use of sensors into my Chemistry and Earth Science classes.  Chemistry will be using the sensors to understand variables (temperature, humidity, light intensity) in the laboratory setting and how those variables can effect lab results.  Students will need to explore variables and make hypotheses about the effects, before conducting a lab to test their hypothesis…. Read more »