I can't believe the new school year has already started, as it was
just yesterday we were 3D printing ocean organisms and building
underwater ROVs. It has been a great first couple of days with a mixture
of old and new faces, and we are ready to hit the ground running with a
STEMtastic year!
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| Click here to read my NOAA Teacher at Sea Blog. |
I recently returned from a summer adventure in
Alaska. I was selected as a NOAA Teacher at Sea (for the second time!)
in the spring, and spent 3 weeks in Kodiak, Alaska helping scientists
conduct the yearly walleye pollock survey. This experience gave me new
insight into teaching, and I am committed to embedding my learning into
everything we do this school year (and hopefully for years to come).
With
that thought in mind, I decided to go with a nautical theme for my
classroom this year. I have never been one for themes, but this one
seemed fitting, and as I thought about it more, there are many
connections to the atmosphere I am trying to create in our room. Here are a few pictures to help show our nautical connections.
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| Our job board complete with a nautical chart of Kodiak |
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| "Sail Away With a Book"- The classroom library |
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| Just a few photos outside the door attached to some fishing net from the ship |
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| Entering Pier 112, our classroom |
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| A reminder to the students: We are all members of the crew |
It is going to be a great, nautical themed year!
