Presented on Friday, November 11, 2022 in a lesson called "Inquiry in Chemistry: Lessons and Strategies"

I learned a lot putting together the proposal for the session, as well as from working with other fellows from TLIIST. I loved working with them and was amazed by their insights and expertise. Our session was a longer 2 hour session, that featured a lesson with the different levels of inquiry, and also had lots of other interesting chemistry lessons and student samples we shared with attendees.

I learned a lot too, and I plan to use some of those lessons in my classroom.

As a sponsor of the robotics club, I held meetings once a week, then during the summer every day for 6 weeks. We explored how to assemble and program different types of robots including the Engino and Jimu robots. The students enjoyed being a part of this process and learning how to code. We set up different challenges for students to complete and to compete against each other.

For JV InvenTeam we explored the invention process, from coming up with an idea or modifying an existing idea, looking it up through the different patent directories, sketching and making diagrams, creating and testing different iterations, and coming up with further modifications if necessary. The curriculum is produced by Lemelson-MIT. The students really enjoyed this process, especially being able to create a prototype. The different projects we worked on were: Shoe Soles, where students designed shoe soles, Electronic Textiles, where students designed wearable technology, and Noise Makers, where students built speakers.