I decided to teach my geologic laws lesson this year using a new metaphorical style. I had done a modified new metaphorical last year, but I didn’t include the evocative question, and I gave my students more guidance. This year, I let them get more creative. I started with the evocative question: How are the… Continue reading Let them eat cake!
Category: Creativity
Mixing up the Rock Cycle
I decided that I wanted to do something different with the rock cycle this year. I had changed it up last year to make the students think more about the processes that form rocks. Here’s the lab from last year. It worked well, but I wanted to do even more. So, I decided that this… Continue reading Mixing up the Rock Cycle
Creating a t-shirt design
I heard about a NASA and Threadless partnered t-shirt design contest through Twitter a while ago. I thought it sounded like fun, but I got busy and forgot about it. Then on Saturday, I saw a tweet from Leland Melvin about the contest saying there were only two days to go. I decided I really… Continue reading Creating a t-shirt design