DIGITAL PORTFOLIO FOR SARA COX

Hello, esteemed colleagues! Every one of these links leads to some top-notch content and/or student activities. All of these were new to...

This is a broad overview of the module. For more specific reflections, please see previous posts. This module focused on climate and...

This would be a great project for a talented and gifted class. There are plenty of ecological problems, both manmade and natural. I'm...

This lesson really got me thinking about the way everything is connected. All things, living and nonliving, interact in some way. My...

I posted an individual reflection for each of the previous modules. Please see those reflections for a more detailed look at my learning...

I was taught all of this content in different classes and at different points in my education. I never would have thought to tie the...

This was definitely an assignment geared toward crafty people. Maybe this makes me a failure as an elementary school teacher, but I don't...

The dichotomous key reminded me of a choose your own adventure book. I was able to adapt the activity to make it accessible to my lower...

I went overboard with iNaturalist. My poor dog and husband got dragged on a ninety minute nature walk where I made 27 observations....

My lovely black lab assistant was on hand to help with this experiment! Here's a picture of her after surgery a few months ago. She's...

Lesson learned: When camouflaging butterflies, use marker! My butterfly was pretty easy to see but he would have been nearly invisible if...

The topic for this lesson was Adaptations and Symbiosis. I have a passing familiarity with this topic but I haven't reviewed the...

This was a fun activity. Drawing is still terrifying. I think I would invest in stamps if I were to do this in the classroom. That way...