One of the coolest experiences I’ve had this semester as a teacher candidate was creating our own driftwood “creatures” in class. We were given pieces of driftwood and asked to turn them into a creature with both a creative name and a scientific-sounding name, then build a background story about how we came upon it. […]

Teaching to Connect Beyond Ecophobia and My Science Classroom As a future science teacher, one of the things I find most important is how I help students feel about science and the world around them. I recently read an article called Beyond Ecophobia by David Sobel, that changed how I think about environmental education. It […]

Science Is Not One Story Often, Western science dominates classroom content. But in reality, Indigenous peoples have long engaged in deep understanding of ecosystems, weather patterns, land stewardship, and biodiversity knowledge that is tied to place, relationship, and lived experience. Including these perspectives acknowledges that science is not a single narrative, but an important conversation […]

Learning to Walk Gently Reading Braiding Sweetgrass by  Robin Wall Kimmerer, has helped me slow down and reconnect with the world around me. It made me more aware of how I notice nature in my everyday life and how humans respond to the natural world, sometimes with care and gratitude, and other times with control […]