Wednesday, June 24, 2015
Thirty-one very interesting and talented teachers, along
with the amazing Keystone staff have made for an exciting first day. We started
the day creating our Clock Buddies; this pairing allowed us to meet with many
different educators from many different places! We learned lots of new ideas
that we can take back and implement in our classrooms. Next we completed an
“Opinion Activity” that our students will love. They can discuss and graph
their opinions or beliefs. It provides a non-threatening lesson that allows all
students to discuss their feelings without feeling embarrassed or intimidated.
Next we spent some time analyzing Newspaper articles from around the United States that focused on local environmental issues. We discussed ways to engage our students with topics that affect their daily lives, as well as teaching critical reading and thinking skills, Common Core all the way! Now for the best part of our day; our visit to the Keystone Science School. We used handheld GPS devices to learn how we can help our students learn about tracking, mapping, latitude and longitude and so on…. It was so much fun; I can’t wait to implement what we learned. I have to get some of those GPS handhelds for my classroom; that is my and my Galaxy colleague’s next mission! After that, we built contour maps and studied how to implement a non-biased environmental issue lesson that might affect our local community. The staff dressed up and put on a real show for us, too funny! To end out our exciting day, we met in small group to discuss many different lessons and activities that we can implement with our students. All the teachers brought exciting and engaging lessons to share, and I can’t wait to try them out. Thanks again Duke Energy for all your support; we cannot thank you enough for providing us with this opportunity of a lifetime. We can definitely make a difference in the lives of Galaxy Middle School students!
Next we spent some time analyzing Newspaper articles from around the United States that focused on local environmental issues. We discussed ways to engage our students with topics that affect their daily lives, as well as teaching critical reading and thinking skills, Common Core all the way! Now for the best part of our day; our visit to the Keystone Science School. We used handheld GPS devices to learn how we can help our students learn about tracking, mapping, latitude and longitude and so on…. It was so much fun; I can’t wait to implement what we learned. I have to get some of those GPS handhelds for my classroom; that is my and my Galaxy colleague’s next mission! After that, we built contour maps and studied how to implement a non-biased environmental issue lesson that might affect our local community. The staff dressed up and put on a real show for us, too funny! To end out our exciting day, we met in small group to discuss many different lessons and activities that we can implement with our students. All the teachers brought exciting and engaging lessons to share, and I can’t wait to try them out. Thanks again Duke Energy for all your support; we cannot thank you enough for providing us with this opportunity of a lifetime. We can definitely make a difference in the lives of Galaxy Middle School students!
Here I am at the Keystone Science School; we are learning how to use GPS handhelds in the classroom.
Making 3-D topographic maps
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Finished product!
Educators from all over the US at the Keystone Science School.
GPS lesson
We located part of our lesson!
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