Approaching the end (I have no idea what week it is)

Well fun stuff!
Dr. Ellis is back from vacation and is beginning to read through our guides! It'll be great to get some feedback and be able to finalize the activities.

Today Taylor and I were able to test her Megalodon tooth activity in the museum and it was actually a lot of fun! We had visitors measure the sharks teeth (at the widest part) and multiply by 10 to figure out how long that particular shark would have been (1 inch of tooth equals 10 feet of shark). We also had a tape measure so that kids could have a visual for how long the shark was. We even had some adults come over who were really interested in the ratio that exists between the width of a tooth and the length of a shark.

Taylor awaiting visitors!

Tomorrow we will be testing my Sue activity but I may have to take a different approach. The majority of our visitors today were 4-10 year olds (and only like two of the older kids knew multiplication) so I don't think the whole density concept is going to stick. I may just do measuring and then using the 1:40 scale and keep it relatively simple.

That's all I have! See y'all Wednesday!

Week 10

Happy Monday!
Today is a short day for me so I'm super happy.

Last week has been the same ole same. I still haven't heard from Dr. Ellis (other than her checking in!) so I don't have any corrections I can make for my educator guides. Taylor and I did get an email from Amanda though and wants us to meet up with the camp people doing Sue and Meg to collaborate some ideas (Max and Callum I believe that's you?) We finished painting sharks teeth last week so the activity testing will be ready to go this week! My guess would be Thursday but Taylor isn't in today so we have yet to discuss it.

I don't really have much else. I've been working on my poster and it's pretty much done which is nice because it's one less thing to worry about. I can't believe summer is almost done, ah!

The finished product of "shark teeth" painting.

The posters that Taylor created BY HAND for testing the activities.

Week 9 Looking Fine

Happy Monday!
This past week I didn't really do much. I was only in the office for 3 days because I went to Disney/Universal! However Taylor and I finally got to do something fun, we painted "shark teeth". Now we didn't paint ACTUAL shark teeth, we painted plaster casts of teeth so that they looked real. It was a lot of fun and made time go by much faster than sitting in front of a computer. We get to do it again on Wednesday so I'm happy about that!

Now some people may be wondering why we need these teeth. Well when Taylor and I test our activities, which should be the end of this week and next (hopefully), she will be using the teeth for a measuring and ratio activity. It's pretty cool, and the activity I'm testing will be really fun too (I'll write about it next week) so if you're in the museum be sure to come check us out!

I'm very excited for the planetarium on Friday. My boyf will be visiting me this weekend so he'll be there too. You can't miss him, he's 7 ft. tall, haha. That's about all, see you Wednesday!

Week 8

Happy Monday!

So the only guide I have left to complete is 2-3 and I only need one more activity, yay! I should be able to finish it before class, I just need to find something more hands on for students to do.

I don't have much else of an update. While Dr. Ellis is out Taylor and I will be testing our activities, painting shark teeth, and creating a "Math in the Museum" handout type thing for families to follow when they visit each exhibit. These handouts will be like any museum exhibit guide but will be more math based.

I will only be at work until Wednesday this week because after class on Wednesday I'm going to Disney!

Sorry my blog is so boring, I spend the majority of the day at the computer so I don't have many exciting things to write about. Until next week then...

Week 7

So last week I was all alone (literally) because Taylor was at RYLA (right?) camp and my supervisor had a bunch of meetings. Although I was alone I got A BUNCH done. I've already surpassed my goal of submitting one education guide a week by submitting two by Friday. The only drafts I have left are grades 2-3 and 6-8 and both are halfway done.

Dr. Ellis will be in meetings today (she's SO lucky) so she wants Taylor and I to compile a list of materials we need to perform our activities. Dr. Ellis is taking the majority of July off for vacation and while she is gone she wants Taylor and I to test the activities at the museum! So if you're working there, come by and check them out :)

Welp that's all I have. I will be working half of this "break week" and spending the other half in Clearwater but will probably be working from there. For all you taking a real break I'm jealous, I hope you have fun!

Week 6: I have no clever title

Hello all!

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?

Week 5: Getting Pumped for Meg

Happy Saturday!
I hope everyone is having a good weekend, the weather is finally nice for once AND ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK CAME OUT YESTERDAY!

This past week, nothing much has changed. Dr. Ellis took me for a tour on Monday so I finally got to see all the nooks and crannies that make up the museum. I also got a key to the office Taylor and I work in so YAY! I also got to meet a bunch of people like the Dian(n)es, Betty, and a bunch of the people on the exhibits team. On Wednesday, Taylor and I took a break from our 5 hour computer session to go look at some of the exhibits. We went to the South Florida exhibit and I found that I matched some of the items on display!

 It was nice to take a break and get to see everything. I finally got my name tag too which is super exciting!! So now Taylor and I can take breaks with the butterflies and I've really wanted to go see Wolf to Woof.

The guides are going MUCH better now that I finally know what I'm doing. I should be done with the museum activities guide by Friday at the latest. I'm hoping that the in classroom guides will go pretty quickly since I already have an outline of what I want to do. I found a half-life math lesson online the other day that I am way too excited about so I'm hoping that my supervisor likes it because I really want to use it!

On Monday Taylor and I are travelling with Dr. Ellis and the exhibit team to go see Megalodon in Jacksonville! I'm so excited to have a break from sitting at the computer and it's going to be a lot of fun.

See ya'll in class!