Julie Stanley secured a grant from Trout in the Classroom for a year-long project that provided her sixth-graders the opportunity to observe fish growth and become involved in the protection of trout populations and habitats. Students also gained hands-on experience with water quality testing and tank maintenance. Continue reading Educator Spotlight: Raising Trout in the Classroom
Kaitlyn Purvis designed a third-grade unit that helped students make personal connections to the lives of Canada’s early settlers and indigenous people. Students explored their own heritage and mapped the resulting data, learning how their classmates’ families came to Canada. After researching what life was like for both settlers and indigenous people, students created puppet videos to share what they learned. Continue reading Educator Spotlight: Chronicling Ancestral Stories with Puppets
Jenn Gilgan guided her students to explore their connections to countries around the world through their family heritage or the clothes in their closet. Continue reading Educator Spotlight: Creating Stories of Global Connections
Allison Fuisz challenged her 7th-grade students to develop their geographic knowledge by finding a new home for the Wicked Witch of the West. Continue reading Educator Spotlight: Finding a Home for the Wicked Witch
I am often asked how I work with students when reading controversial texts. The controversy, for me, isn’t whether the book is on this year’s list of “most challenged books,” it’s how to create a personal connection between the events in the book and the students’ personal lives. My biggest challenge is to teach the process of digesting information about a topic in a way … Continue reading Wouldn’t It Be Amazing If Every Book Had a Map In It?
