Environmental Science in a room with no windows-Day before the 2023-2024 School year
August 15, 2023 Typically we have 3 professional development days before the school year but I had the opportunity to attend an Inland Seas week of learning in Suttons Bay, Michigan. There I learned various ways to protect the water entering Great Lakes watersheds. The most fascinating things that I learned from were a waste treatment plant and walking around with a group holding umbrellas and watching the way water flows into Suttons Bay. The most fun thing we did was to go on a sailboat and learn how it works and the way Inland Seas uses it to teach students about Lake Michigan. Those days were amazing and then I came back on Monday. I went into the building excited to begin the school year. Having taught for over 20 years and teaching environmental science and zoology for the majority of that I get to teach what I love. Over the weekend I even ran into some former students who told me how much they loved my classes and remember things I taught them. Looking at my schedule one o...