I just got back from an amazingly fun and informative science workshop! ( more )

"Curriculum is uninspired and mediocre at best," my ass. Check out what we did yesterday:

Earth Science Week Day 5: The internal structure of the earth (aka "I took a geology class once")

Warmup: Kinetic Earth game ( thought up on the fly, adapted from the tree internal structure activity )

Bit of backstory ( Read more... )

I bet it sucks to be a science teacher in Kansas right now. Or a student, I mean, geez.

Leila asked me if I thought we were regressing as a society, and pointed out that if America is behind everyone, at least that means that we can improve. If America were ahead of every other industrial/technologically saavy country, in our present state, then ( Read more... )