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DIGITAL PORTFOLIO FOR SARA COX
2019-2020 Perot STEM Institute
Welcome to my digital portfolio. I will be posting assignments and reflections as part of my participation in the Perot Museum Summer Institute.
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Module 4, Lesson 5 Reflection
This is a broad overview of the module. For more specific reflections, please see previous posts. This module focused on climate and...
Module 4, Lesson 4 Reflection
This would be a great project for a talented and gifted class. There are plenty of ecological problems, both manmade and natural. I'm...
Module 4, Lesson 3 Reflection
I love trade books! More importantly, my students love them. My favorite life science/music fusion series is the First Steps in Music...
Module 4, Lesson 2 Reflection
This lesson was so useful! It changed the way I approach discussions around Wikipedia as a resource. I often tell my students not to use...
Module 4, Lesson 1 Reflection
This lesson really got me thinking about the way everything is connected. All things, living and nonliving, interact in some way. My...
Module 3, Lesson 8 Reflection
I posted an individual reflection for each of the previous modules. Please see those reflections for a more detailed look at my learning...
Module 3, Lesson 7 Reflection
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...
Module 3, Lesson 6 Reflection
This was definitely an assignment geared toward crafty people. Maybe this makes me a failure as an elementary school teacher, but I don't...
Module 3, Lesson 5 Reflection
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...
Module 3, Lesson 4 Reflection
I went overboard with iNaturalist. My poor dog and husband got dragged on a ninety minute nature walk where I made 27 observations....
Module 3, Lesson 3
This lesson was a deep dive into food webs and food chains. I had a basic familiarity with food chains from elementary school science,...
Module 3, Lesson 2
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...
Module 3, Lesson 1 Reflection
The wonderings website was great and had plenty of information for my subject area. It will be particularly handy when we are researching...
Module 2, Lesson 8
For a closer look at my learning for the entire module, please read the reflections I posted on each lesson. This is a broad overview....
Module 2, Lesson 7 Reflection
Lesson learned: When camouflaging butterflies, use marker! My butterfly was pretty easy to see but he would have been nearly invisible if...
Module 2, Lesson 6
The topic for this lesson was Adaptations and Symbiosis. I have a passing familiarity with this topic but I haven't reviewed the...
Module 2, Lesson 5 Reflections
I have some early concerns about the pooter. If I walk into my classroom and tell the students we are going to build a pooter and...
Module 2, Lesson 4 Reflection
I wish I could take my students on a nature hike or walk so we could make our own casts of foot prints. However, I go on monthly nature...
Module 2, Lesson 3 Reflection
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...
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