Secret Life of Me

the school year is over (finally) and i am left to reflect on the happenings of the year. the last month has been filled with 50 hour weeks and involuntary naps after work. i moved into my science lab today and my new teaching partner gave me a tour of our supplies (we have a laser! is it too much to ask, Scott, for frickin’ sharks with frickin’ lasers on their heads?). we are planning a shake-up of how things have been done for nearly a decade and i really appreciate my teaching partner, L, because he is really interested in taking my ideas despite my lack of experience.
so far on the docket are things like building a wind tunnel to test student made airplane wings and paper airplanes. mythbusters videos to teach the scientific method, including student-created mythbusters episodes. we aren’t planning to re-invent the wheel, but maybe a wheel that isn’t made of wood.
i’m not exactly ready to give up my summer to start curriculum planning, but i am excited about next year. for now i am enjoying a couple days of doing nothing, and then i will get started on my summer projects (pics and details later).