My students are fun-loving, enthusiastic scientists ready to take their learning to new levels! Our population is made up of a diverse group of learners from Brooklyn, NY, including ENL students and special education students.
My goal is to continue multi-modal, project-based learning in my classroom, where my students perform their own scientific research, build models, innovate solutions to the world's most pressing problems.
They use their knowledge of coding to enhance their presentations. My students are some of the most creative, young minds I have ever met, and are always ecstatic at the start of any new project I introduce to them. It is most important that my students understand how to apply what they are learning in the classroom to the real world. We analyze case studies after each unit (for example, analyzing Hurricane Sandy during our Weather and Atmosphere unit, or The Fukashima meltdown during our Nuclear Power unit) and then conduct research on their own in order to evaluate where our curriculum fits into the real world.
My Project
Help me give my students to get excited about school and learning again! The Coronavirus pandemic has seemed to siphon the enthusiasm for school out of many students and teachers alike.
With these real sheep brains, I'll be able to reignite the excitement my students once felt about science class.
We will use these brains during a dissection lab while learning about mental and emotional health, as well as the nervous system and neurological conditions such as Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Alzheimer's, ALS, depression, bipolar disorder, PTSD, and others. I can't wait to see the look on my students' faces when we do this lab activity, and I know seeing it in person will leave a lasting impression on them. And who knows, maybe even inspire the next generation of neurosurgeons!
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