And We're Back!

Whew!  What a great Christmas break!!!  Hopefully yours was full and restful like mine was.  The teachers have training on Monday while the students are sleeping in one last day.  We are all getting more training to begin our PBL campus wide. 8th grade is getting ready to go Project Based this spring.  So much planning has really gone into the transformation of PBL.
We will be jumping back into our science project this week.  Remember we are studying ecosystems and biomes.  We will also have a vocab quiz coming up to jog our memories.  
If you haven't noticed I have added a clustr map.  It tells how many visitors there are at any time and then where they are from.  I tested it over the break and had visits from Hawaii, Thailand, and Dorsett England.  There were also friends that visited from all over the United States.  It was so cool to see the dots all over the place.
Friday we will spend time on our science fair projects.  It was so nice to hear from some students who actually began their project.  Simply getting the supplies needed and re-thinking their process.  Good job!  Not that we want to do school during breaks.  But the fact that there is serious inquiry going on that they couldn't wait to get started.  That is my goal to encourage life long learning.  I love my job!!!!

It was a COLD, COLD Monday!