The Miracle of Life Project in my first grade classroom was a huge success. Students used technology such as a digital incubator purchased with my ARI grant money, iPads to make videos each day, and an ova scope students used to watch the development and movement of the chicks inside the egg. After the chicks hatched they were placed in a…Read More

Ms. Rebecca Potter and I would like to invite you to view our students journalism documentary, Piling Up Stones: A Collection of Mountain Memories. Ms. Potter has uploaded it to YouTube and you can access it by searching Piling Up Stones. I hope you enjoy. Here is the YouTube link that might make it easier to access:…Read More

Overall this year, students really loved the flexible seating. I can’t wait to introduce a new grade level to it next year, and maybe even change the way I have my room set up and add to the flexible seating arrangement. This has been an awesome grant with longevity! I want to use these for many years to come and help my students learn to take…Read More

The Biomimicry Grant that Mr. Parsons and I worked on was one of the best successes yet. We developed a lesson that involved all students in their own learning. The lesson was used to teach structure and function and how they coincide in nature. Student groups developed products from fish tank cleaners, makeup bottles, extra-protective phone…Read More

With the grant I received for my Anatomy class this year, my students designed, created, and marketed a prosthetic body part. They were given open range as to what they chose. It certainly allowed 21st century skills to combine with the Next Generation Science Standards. I will post pictures of their work!