Last Friday, I received some amazing news: I’m headed back to Space Camp in Huntsville, AL this summer! This time, I’ll be taking part in Honeywell’s Advanced Space Academy for Educators. It’s a 9 day program that includes time at Space Camp and time at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. I’m so excited to find… Continue reading A Dream Come True – Again!
Category: Experiences
Astronomers in the Making (2012 Spring Sky Watch Challenge Update 1)
I think that the Spring Sky Watch Challenge is going well so far. Several students have turned in their forms. However, what made me the most excited was a student who showed me a notebook. She had several sketches of the night objects she had seen like Orion, the crescent moon, Venus, and Jupiter. She… Continue reading Astronomers in the Making (2012 Spring Sky Watch Challenge Update 1)
We choose to go to the moon.
During a grade level faculty meeting last week, my principal shared some of the upcoming (and current) challenges that we face in the education profession. Our class sizes are large (my science classes have 29-32 students), yet we are expected to meet the individual needs of each child. In Georgia, teachers will soon be paid… Continue reading We choose to go to the moon.
NASA & Educators
Providing Inspiration: NASA loves teachers, and they really know how to connect you with out of this world experiences. Take this example of an amazingly surreal experience as I ask a question about science education to Bill Nye the Science Guy and astronaut Doug Wheelock. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45AMlxkTraY#t=2m05s #NASATweetups/Twitter Make sure you follow the NASA Twitter accounts… Continue reading NASA & Educators
Top 11 in 2011
This post is in the spirit of my post from last year: My Top 10 in 2010. Last year was such an incredible year, and when I wrote that post, I had high hopes that 2011 would be even better, but I honestly could not imagine how the year could be topped. Well, I was… Continue reading Top 11 in 2011
Let them eat cake!
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!
Mrs. Wilson, you tricked us!
These were words I heard several times today. We were wrapping up our Great Rock Mix Up unit, and once students had identified all of their rock types, subtypes, and names, they realized there was a pattern to the rock names. All of the rock names were listed in alphabetical order! My students exclaimed I… Continue reading Mrs. Wilson, you tricked us!