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The goal for the first run of The Westminster Schools’ Fifth-Grade Science PBL, That’s So Bad For You!, was for students to become activists and educators by researching and presenting their findings about water pollution in the Atlanta area. The projects Driving Question (writing effective driving questions for PBL) was: How can we create awareness about…
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This is a very interesting video, Stress Response: Savior or Killer, Robert Sapolsky, Professor of Neurology and Neurological Sciences at Stanford University. Sapolsky gives an interesting peek into the challenges of living a stressful life, but juxtaposes it with the challenges of stress when you fear for your life in the animal kingdom. Knowing what…
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I have loved reading the books written by Margaret J. Wheatley. Her book, Leadership and the New Science was one of my favorite pieces on leadership. She carefully and thoughtfully makes connections between the science of systems (ecosystems, anatomical systems, immune systems, etc.) and the processes people use for becoming and being effective leaders. It is…
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I published a recent post, Investing in birth-to-age-3 #education programs is a great bet!, that referenced an article published in Education Week making the case that investing in early learning programs was a good bet. In the Ed Week article, there was a reference to a study out of the MIT Workplace Center that also substantiated the…
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During this past week, I watched a series of TED talks seemingly unrelated to one another. Only to discover that they all had connections to the thinking I have been doing about STEAM curriculum in K-12 schools. Schools are now embarking on a journey to define themselves as “STEAM schools” or schools interested in designing…
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