Our Inaugural Winter Bird Count
In a previous post, I described how I used primary sources and picture books to introduce my second-grade students to the history of the Christmas Bird Count, the longest-running citizen science project in the world. Today, I'm finally sharing how this primary source analysis led to our own inaugural Winter Bird Count.
A Masterclass in Teaching from Mission Control
Like many others, I was glued to live coverage of the Artemis II mission all last week. Having grown up with NASA’s space shuttle program, watching a new crew launch into space was exciting, and yes, anxiety-provoking. Thankfully the mission was a rousing success and the crew are safely back on Earth. My fifth grade students study various topics in astronomy (the Earth-Sun-Moon system, the solar system, and a smattering of whatever else I can fit in) and so I was expecting
