by Neha Chheda | Jan 16, 2019 | 9/10th Grade, Personal Authenticity, Science, Solutions
In my first blog post I was interested in building personal authenticity for my students this semester and question how I can help students build deeper connections between themselves and their work within their communities. Specifically, I wanted students to research...
by Rosa Moshi | Jan 14, 2019 | 9/10th Grade, Personal Authenticity, Science, Solutions
In my first blog post, I wrote about how students design and carry out controlled experiments during the second unit of my microbiology class. As my problem of practice, I wanted my students to design experiments that they felt personally invested in. I asked- how...
by Alex Schmerge | Jan 9, 2019 | 11/12th Grade, 9/10th Grade, Solutions, Special Education
For this post, I focused on the work that I do with our students with Autism at ESA. As the speech-language pathologist (SLP), I have the opportunity to see these students both in the classroom (for “push-in” sessions) and in small groups outside of the classroom (for...
by Nora Madsen | Jan 9, 2019 | 11/12th Grade, 9/10th Grade, Solutions, Special Education
A lot of the reading that I was doing about students with intellectual disabilities was around the importance of developing life skills. One of my fears is that they are not learning those skills explicitly at our school. I’ve also been speaking with our liaison at...
by Alex Zaugg | Jan 9, 2019 | 11/12th Grade, 9/10th Grade, Solutions, Special Education
The words “data analysis” probably don’t evoke much excitement in our high school students, but having the ability to closely examining data sets, graphs, and statistics can be an extremely useful life tool. Throughout our semester together in Microbiology, my...
by Cyndy Ware | Jan 9, 2019 | 11/12th Grade, Social Studies, Solutions
One goal is to provide opportunities for Constitutional Law students to develop and defend their own arguments. Because the universe of information is vast, and students often need guidance on choosing quality sources, often I supply sources for the...