In the Summer of 2016 I was honored to be chosen by Project Lead the Way to travel around the country and share their incredible engineering curriculum with other teachers. I visited Thomasville Board of Education in Georgia, Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Meyers, and the University of New Haven in Connecticut CT (where I was able to tour Yale too). However no place stood out like the Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of Delaware in Newark. After flying into Philadelphia (it was Independence Day weekend, and the city was amazing), Dr. Jenni Buckley hosted me and a dozen other teachers for 3 nights, and I wish I had her as a professor back at Stetson University! The labs and workshops were all amazing, but more than anything the students and their work was so inspiring. I would highly recommend it to any Tritt/HTMS/Pope kids! Check out some of projects here (they aren't all car related) and some pictures of my new wish list below.
(something's shape) and function (what something does). Lastly, we read Jerry Pallotta's Who Will Plant A Tree? and saw how different animals help disperse, or spread, seeds in nature. From a camel spitting out a date and a squirrel burying an acorn, to a moose snagging pear branches in his antlers and other animals unwittingly carrying burrs in their fur, all sorts of animals help spread seeds.
Beginning April 19th, parent volunteers are needed in the Science Lab to help assemble student craft projects. We are making devices from craft supplies, inspired from nature, to spread sunflower seeds around the school. Please contact your student's room mom to sign up!
