Janelle

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Date registered: June 28, 2009
URL: http://stretchingforward.mrswilsonscience.com

Biography

Space geek, science nerd extraordinaire. That's me! Want to know more, visit the About page.

Latest posts

  1. Turning 40 — May 7, 2017
  2. Weekend walks in the country — May 3, 2017
  3. Day by day: Comparing US and UK school schedules — May 1, 2017
  4. Throughout the year: comparing US and UK school schedules — April 26, 2017
  5. Grocery shopping: US vs. UK — April 24, 2017

Most commented posts

  1. Five Ideas for Effective Blog Posts — 30 comments
  2. Avatars, Profile Pics, and Gravatars! Oh, my! — 26 comments
  3. Hey Readers, are you out there? — 25 comments
  4. Ask the Blog: What’s Stretching Forward all about? — 20 comments
  5. Why you should sign up for the launch #NASAtweetup for #STS133 — 15 comments

Author's posts listings

Apr 17

I want adventure in the great wide somewhere…

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This weekend, we finally went to the movie theater to see Beauty and the Beast. (I’ll leave comparisons of US vs UK movie going experiences for another day.) Beaty and the Beast has always been my favorite Disney animated movie since first seeing it in high school. I even had it on VHS (and have …

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Apr 14

Adjusting to an alternate reality

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Since June (2016), I’ve been adjusting to a “new normal” (one of my husband’s favorite expressions). Perhaps I’ve been reading too much fantasy/scifi lately, but I feel like I’ve been plucked from my normal, comfortable reality to a slightly different, alternate one. There are so many things about living in England that are the same …

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May 24

A Goodbye Sendoff

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Last week, the multimedia students (which include several of my former students), my colleagues, and students completely surprised me with this beautiful video sendoff. I asked one of my former students who does a lot with our video program if he could help me with a video. So, they also conspired to make this, the …

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May 17

Making Leaders #MakerEd

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I love the Maker Movement. It affords kids opportunities to create and do amazing things. We provide them the tools and the space and allow them to be creative, to put their own spin on learning. Last year, we hosted our first Maker Fest. We held it at our school and called it the CDAT …

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May 11

Big changes ahead

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Dare Mighty Things, Experiences

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I’m not sure how it’s been almost a year since my last post. That’s just embarrassing. It’s been a transitional year, and I suppose that partly explains it. So what’s been happening? My husband is from England. He’s been in the US since 1999, and he’s been incredibly home sick for a few years now. …

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May 14

Lanier STEM Maker Fest is almost here! #edBlogaDay

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Our STEM Maker Fest is the day after tomorrow. Today, one of our group of students who has been working on their project for hours and hours during and after school for weeks got everything up and running. They built a robot from the ground up. It’s a tank with a t-shirt canon on it. …

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May 11

Lanier STEM Maker Fest #edBlogaDay

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Our STEM Maker Fest is on Saturday. This weekend, one of my students made this video to encourage students from our feeder middle school to attend. It’s a great video. What’s really cool? She didn’t have to make this awesome video. She decided to make it of her own initiative because she really wants the …

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