The time really has flown by during this experience. I am down to two classes, and two weeks left.
Throughout the week, we have been working through the strawberry unit in horticulture. It has kind of been a boring unit, difficult to do many activities with. The class made it through though, and we are visiting a strawberry farm on 4/14. This is something new to me too.
I really like the group of kids I have been given in small gas engines. They are a fun group of guys. We are in the process of disassembly, and I can tell are really learning some stuff. I will continue to teach them until my last day.
In environmental science, we just conducted a stream lab (a day earlier than I wanted to). They wanted to go a day early and the weather was nice. I told them before they decided that it was pretty messy out there still and their shoes would get soaked, but we did it anyway and they learned. The lab was quite a success. I had them in groups of 4. They had to find 3 spots along the stream, one along the small part and two along the large part. They then had to get in the stream and measure the stream depth and sediment depth 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 feet from the bank. Then they had to measure the water temperature and calculate the stream velocity by floating a ping pong ball a measured distance and time it with a stop watch. They were responsible for turning over rocks and finding any vertebrates or invertebrates. We found mostly leeches and crayfish, but it was still a great success.
Looking forward to these last two weeks, going to make the most of them.
Great summary of your week's teaching success Tyler! I just want to push you to be more reflective. What are some challenges you are facing in your small engines class? Why was the environmental science stream lab such a success? Instead of recapping what was taught in each class, dig a little deeper and look at they WHY and HOW. Keep doing great things.
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