I have finished my reflection and am emailing it to Claudia, Pasha and Michael this evening. All of my students have now taken the post survey. I have just a few minor edits still to make on my unit. I am very glad to have participated in this project, and learned so much!

I finished up my unit this week, and have one more group of students to complete the post-survey tomorrow. I will tweak my initial plans this weekend and post them, along with my reflection. Last week was amazing with Michael Ziegler co-teaching all four of my classes with me! The kids were disappointed this week to learn that Mr. Ziegler had gone…[Read more]

I have just posted my unit to the Elementary folder. It is, Fossil Forensics: Using Taphonomy to Solve Mysteries of the Past. My unit consists of five 45-minute lessons, which will be implemented four times with four different classes (mixed 3rd and 4th graders) over 11 days. I will begin on Monday, Nov. 5 and conclude the unit on Monday, Nov.…[Read more]