Science isn't about memorizing facts; it's about solving problems and thinking analytically.
This fall I will be teaching environmental and earth science to at risk students.
It is important for their graduation success that they are engaged and interested in the classes they are taking at school. My curriculum this year has been designed to engage these students with hands-on learning and real-life problem based units.
My Project
Your donations will allow me to expand my small personal collection of rocks and minerals I am bringing to share with my students to gain hands-on experience identifying and classifying. In the larger scope, students will use their ability to identify minerals in a project based unit to determine if an alleged diamond is really a diamond or another mineral with similar properties. The unit ends with students discussing mined verses manufactured diamonds and their relative values.
Since the 1960's our country has been producing nuclear power. We have yet to create a long-term nuclear waste storage facility. Students will use the seismographs during our Plate Tectonic Unit to learn the potential hazards an earthquake can pose to nuclear waste storage facilities. After studying plate tectonics, and the role of earthquakes and volcanoes play, students will analyze data from three sites, one of which is Yucca Mountain, and determine which is best for long-term nuclear waste stor
With your donations, my students will be engaged with hands-on learning.
Their analytical abilities will be developed with a real-life problem to solve in every unit. This will keep them interested in what they are learning.
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