On Monday Taylor and I went to Jacksonville to see the Megalodon exhibit! It was a lot of fun and it was nice (for Taylor mostly) to see what she has to work with and what is already available. They had a bunch of math activities already incorporated so that was really refreshing to see. I've never been to MOSH (to Jacksonville in general) so it was a nice change of pace to see what they had there.
Back in Gainesville I continued to sit at the computer and work on the museum guide. Good news is I finally finished! Now getting through the educator guides should be "easy" since I have the activities vaguely outlined. I plan to have one done by the end of each week so hopefully I'll have all drafts done within 4 weeks. We'll see how that plays out.
I can't think of anything else, honestly. Hope everyone had a good weekend! I live an insanely boring life so I have no fun stories or remarks to make, for once ;)
UPDATE!: Today I get to do something different from museum guides! YAY. I'm compiling a list of math vocabulary words in order of when they're introduced. This list will be used for the docents when they are working with students in the classrooms. I actually learned a new word today from it! In 4th grade students are introduced to the term "minuend". Can anyone guess what it means?
Sounds like you and Taylor had a super awesome time in Jacksonville. (DUVAL...lol) Anyways, you sound very ambitious about your guides, but I have no doubt you'll get them done. I still am brainstorming ideas for my project, making Earth Day more family-friendly at the Museum...any ideas?
ReplyDeleteI have absolutely no clue what that word means. You win. But sounds like you're spending a lot of time in front of a computer screen... I hope that you get some more experience actually in the museum soon. Sounds like that could get kind of boring otherwise!
ReplyDeleteLooks like you guys had a great time at the megalodon exhibit. I'm really excited to see it especially with all the math they've incorporated like you mentioned. The math vocab is a really cool idea! Often times students already get lost in the information so getting them familiar with vocab gives them one less thing to worry about!
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