Wk 7 - Day 32

today was the due date of the classification activity. out of ~25 students for each class, I have about 5 students who didn’t turn anything in. they’ll still get credit, but there’ll be a penalty for each day that it’s late. the student mentioned in yesterday’s journal entry didn’t turn anything in except the pictures...the project is worth 50 points; the largest assignment so far...his grade is now an F. I wonder how his family will be now that he’s failing.

the students were finding out all sorts of information on their animals via the internet. I overheard a student telling another student to ask me a question about their animal, “ms. e knows everything.” the student asked me how I knew so much about animals and I reminded them about my jobs and background...and that I love to learn. I remembered how much I liked to learn about animals when I was in middle school and it was great to see the same interest in a lot of the students. I don’t expect everyone to come away loving science...i do want every student leaving the classroom learning concepts.