Mon, Oct 22, 2012 9:20 PM in Interdependence of Life
Interdependence of life is one of the topics of instruction in elementary schools. After taking my PD indexer for it, I was surprised to find that I did not score high on it at all. When I was in elementary school, I do not remember specifically learning anything on this topic. Grant it, I do not remember much about that time period concerning my eduction in terms of science and social studies. I ...
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Mon, Oct 22, 2012 7:23 PM in Teaching Weather
Thanks for the input guys! I am really excited to teach weather in my future elementary school classrooms and this really helps me get a head start!
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Mon, Oct 22, 2012 7:17 PM in Is Algebra Necessary?
I think one of the things that I went through in math that contributed to my disconnect with math was the fact that I was never really taught the logic behind the concepts. I was just taught how to do it and these rules only applied because they just simply worked. Now that I am learning the logic behind the math in my class, I understand it a whole lot better, which helps me connect to why we get...
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