This week was all about wrapping up our understanding of cellular structures. In my years of teaching cell biology, I don't think I've ever had a class that was this enthusiastic or this quick to grasp cell anatomy in such a short amount of class time.
Last Thursday, our 7th graders hosted their first project presentations. They generated informative and visually appealing posters to reflect their predictions, data collection, and the outcome of their egg-speriment. For an entire class period, the 7th graders described and explained their unique experiments to visiting kindergartners, third graders, fourth graders, teachers, and administrators.
It certainly is a different kind of assessment to verbally and visually describe a project to both adults, peers, and younger students. It takes patience, ingenuity, and bravery - all qualities our 7th graders exuded.
I look forward to seeing their edible cells tomorrow. A few have arrived early on Friday, and I have secured a spot in our staff refrigerator so that they don't attract any ants. They look amazing!
Don't forget that we would like to repurpose your used plastic bottles. The Green Engineering elective will be using them this Wednesday!