the ferrous wheel

Closing the Teach For America Blogging Gap

Archives › 2010 › February

Feb 19 2010

Do schools kill curiosity, too?

Today I discovered the importance of changing the routine up every now and then, and opening the doors to my students’ curiosity. First, I announced the very first science fair at my school. I was cringing and waiting for the backlash (“Why we gotta do this? This school be doin’ too much!”), but what I…

read more »
Feb 08 2010

Meager improvements

It’s been a while since I’ve posted, mostly because the year has been like it started with very little variation – the job has lost a lot of its novelty. Before winter break, I felt like I had lost some of my drive to improve. In some ways, I had, because after being in this…

read more »

About this Blog

teaching kids to love science

Region
D.C. Region
Grade
High School
Subject
Science

Subscribe to This Blog (feed)


Archives