Connectivities Lab

Freshmen in biology chose teams on Thursday using the random spinner. It was interesting that they moaned at the idea of using it versus previously used methods of randomizing their groups. Is it that it was very public or that it appeared they had some control in their grouping? Curious. Today (Friday) they are highly evolved in setting up their spice vapor lab...which spices' vapors can inhibit bacterial growth? I am proud of their commitment and ability to work with each other so easily. This was a great way to enter a 3-day weekend.

Having rediscovered this old blog (a school assignment), I am wondering about the usefulness of semi-publicly posting about my teaching and experiences with my students. I liked my old 180 blog as it forced me to look ahead to predict where there might be good visuals of student learning. It served as an interesting meditation on the teaching and learning for the day to come. I might as well give it a go, especially as yesterday's field trip to Pilarcitos Cemetery yielded this nice panoramic of my APES students. Done with collecting death data... before cleaning the place and going out to experience their first low-tide investigations of the nearby rocky intertidal.