About Me!

ENTRY 1--ABOUT ME:

Hello there.  I’m 9 years into my career as a middle and high school science teacher and the mother of a two-year old so… each day I learn many new things! My mentor teacher told me during my first week of school... "Young lady: it takes you 5 years to figure out what you are supposed to be teaching, and another 5 years to get good at it. So come talk to me in 10 years if you still don't know what your doing!" I've decided... nine years in... he may have been onto something! I continuly feel like... do I really know what I'm doing? The better question now is...do I have to?

In this blog I’ll be talking to you live from the inter-workings of my mind—a constantly moving fast track of decisions, ideas, modifications, and reflections. I tell my students… you never know what might be happening in "THE ZONE" and "ZONING OUT" is nearly impossible due to my extrovertedness and endless energy.

I strive to teach kids to think. Mostly to think about LIFE SCIENCE, but other things slip in there from time to time. I am passionate about continual change and learning how we learn! This coming year I intend to focus on using an inquiry, hands-on approach to cover content standards. I am interested to know how using an interactive style of note-taking and lab activities may impact student learning. I want my students to think scientifically and to act on their ideas and impulses. I will be giving them opportunities to test, to try… to wonder both why and how! Please… tune in and whatever you do... avoid ZONING OUT!