You’ve been to a science fair, right? Tri-fold boards, volcanoes and blue ribbons. This month, my colleagues and I shepherded the “STEM Fair” into existence. The STEM Fair is a showcase for any Science, Technology, Engineering or Math project our students produced over the course of a month. My school produced forty to fifty blogContinue reading “Technology in Education: The Digital STEM Fair”
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(Re-)Planting Salt Marsh Grass: Galveston Bay Foundation
In Feburary, fifteen of my students ripped up some two-hundred salt marsh grass stalks. After a few months of careful husbandry, we re-planted the stalks in the middle of Trinity Bay. I’ll let the Galveston Bay Foundation take it from here… We got muddy and wet and smiles on our faces. Replanting the salt grassContinue reading “(Re-)Planting Salt Marsh Grass: Galveston Bay Foundation”
How To Re-Plant Galveston Bay Saltgrass (Wetland Project)
My students and I took a little trip down to Baytown to participate in the harvesting of saltgrass for replanting in the Galveston Bay. The students learned a little about the destruction/erosion of coastal wetlands, such as bays and estuaries. They learned about the wildlife which depends on coastal wetlands to survive and grow. WeContinue reading “How To Re-Plant Galveston Bay Saltgrass (Wetland Project)”
This Week in the Classroom: What Do Plants Eat? And How Does It Grow Leaves? And Other Teaching Errors
What exactly, is a plant’s food? And where do the raw elements that make up a tree trunk come from? Take a moment and think up two answers. I had a student ask these questions on a recent field trip. The answer given by the speaking biologist to the second question was wrong. In fact,Continue reading “This Week in the Classroom: What Do Plants Eat? And How Does It Grow Leaves? And Other Teaching Errors”
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