Curriculum… Kids Discover Blog Post: Why Every Unit Needs a Culminating Event! 26 Feb 2025 I've always felt that educational units of study fall flat when they don't have some sort of culminating event - a project, a field trip, an experience that provides students…
Collaboration… The Beginning Has Arrived: Lesson One 13 Oct 201613 Oct 2016 It can be difficult to work hard on anything when you can’t visually see the results of your labor. As much joy as I have had in the pursuit…
Collaboration… Hobblebush Design: Living Up to Its Name 21 Sep 2016 If you hike or even take brief strolls in New England’s deciduous forest, you have definitely walked by a hobblebush. This plant is humble and common, yet in May produces…
Elementary Science… Why the Rocky Shore?! 6 Sep 20166 Sep 2016 Why the rocky shore? Why learn about the rocky shore? Why teach about the rocky shore? Why dedicate an entire year to creating and distributing a curriculum on the rocky…
Collaboration… Feeling Like a Scapegoat? Serve. 1 Sep 20161 Sep 2016 Let’s face it: if public school was given a mascot, it would probably be the scapegoat. Why are students from other countries performing better in academics? It’s the public school…
Collaboration Dear Teacher (on the first day of school) 30 Aug 201630 Aug 2016 School starts today for students in the Kearsarge Regional School District in New Hampshire. For many around the country school has either begun or will begin soon. The following is…
Rocky Shore Curriculum… Time to Create and Illustrate 12 Aug 201612 Aug 2016 If you’re going to make a book, you need a talented illustrator to make great pictures to go with it. The PERFECT illustrator for the free rocky shore ecosystem curriculum…
Elementary Science My Christa McAuliffe Sabbatical Project: Advocating for Improved Elementary Science Education 8 Aug 20169 Aug 2016 There are Band-Aid wrappers EVERYWHERE. Why? I have seven children, and most obtain minor scrapes on a regular basis and do not have the patience to wait for their parents…
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