Conservation Unit Part III: Landfill Lesson Plan
This is the third part of our unit plan for our Middle School Methods course. This lesson plan is included in our month long unit on ..
Conservation Unit Part II: Family Night
Last week, I shared Part I of my 8th grade unit on conservation, which was an annotated list of activities that would take place in So..
Conservation Unit (Part I)
Two of my major goals this year with the blogging on Marginalia are to share some of the projects I create and to generate a lot of re..
Gender Equity (+ Resources to Address It)
“This is what I want: female artists, please risk embarrassing yourself, put on your ugliest face, climb inside your mind at its worst..
Be Aware Closed Things Open
On the first Thursday of the semester, thousands of students, teachers, staff, and guests explored the campus for Columbia Crawl, the ..
Math and Marriage
Great news from the front lines of education! I am so happy to report that our Math instructor, Ava Belisle-Chatterjee, is made of pur..
One Voice From The Strike
Yesterday was the first day of the Chicago Teachers Union strike. I awoke to the sounds of a helicopter circling a picket line near my..
End of Summer & Strikes
I sit here in anticipation of my second year of school starting in less than a week. I’m eager to delve into all the prep we’ll be doi..
Getting To Know Your Elementary Education MAT Ambassador
So you’re new here! That’s cool. Once upon a time I was new here too. It’s now my second year in the education department, so I guess ..
Elementary Education: We All Float On.
I’m two weeks into our month long break from classes, and I’m already beginning to pine just a bit for cardigan sweaters and new noteb..