Laguna's Lessons » Science http://claguna.edublogs.org Lessons learned from working with a group of pretty amazing eighth graders. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:57:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 Going Beyond The Curriculum http://claguna.edublogs.org/2009/02/02/going-beyond-the-curriculum/ http://claguna.edublogs.org/2009/02/02/going-beyond-the-curriculum/#comments Tue, 03 Feb 2009 00:29:23 +0000 claguna http://claguna.edublogs.org/?p=89

This picure was intended to make the students laugh but the motto of our school in the background is an important reminder.  How can we use what we learn at school to serve our community? 

I attended a webinar today.  The speaker encouraged the teachers in our group to take students beyond the curriculum.  She said that we should help the students to apply what they are learning in a way that makes a difference in the real world.  Wow.  I’m not sure how to do that! 

Right now we are studying alternative energy resources.  How could we apply what we are learning and really make a difference?  Let’s brainstorm some ideas…

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