CSI- Crime Scene Investigation at school!
Third graders find unidentified skeleton on school campus.
What is one to do, when you find such a specimen on school grounds? Students across grade levels took a mini fieldtrip to the pond on campus to examine the skeleton. The BIG question for everyone, including teachers was: WHAT kind of [...]
Shifting and changing our schools is also about reflecting and analyzing our individual teaching practice.
They cannot be talk of learning (on students’ part) and growth (on teachers’ part) without reflecting on a lesson or project:
What did I start out with?
What was the learning objective?
What were variables?
What was the outcome?
Successes and pitfalls of the lesson [...]
Third graders have been exploring animals of the Costa Rican rainforest.
Each class created a story they presented in their podcast episode. They recorded and edited their own individual segments.
Ms. Barnwell’s class from Jacksonville, Florida, jumped off a plane and parachuted into the Costa Rican rainforest. Their mission is to survive among the most dangerous and [...]
Third Grade studied endangered and threatened animals of Florida in their science curriculum. TechConnect, together with the classroom teachers planned to take this unit to the 21st century and have students, not only research facts, but become experts in their assigned animals and make a difference by share their knowledge with others. They were to [...]
