NMSU GK12 DISSECT Program

I am currently supported by a fellowship from the NSF GK12 Program. My particular fellowship is funded through the New Mexico State University Computer Science Department to promote "computational thinking" in grade school classrooms. I am working with Mrs. Rachel Knight. In 2011-2012, I worked with Rachel's 7th and 8th grade Agriscience class. This year, we continue our teaching partnership, but at a new school and new grade level, and with new classes: I will be working with her Biology, Environmental Science, and Introduction to Agriculture classes.

I will be updating this page with summaries of the activities that I develop for the class.

Thursday, October 6, 2011

Module 01: Export of crops

I was in the classroom over the past 2 days to deliver my first teaching module. This module builds on the topics normally covered in this class. The class learned some basic information about local New Mexico crops and the next day, learned about global agriculture. This module was designed to reinforce both topics by getting students to think about climate and growing conditions of local crops, and how they would grow at new locations.

I have posted the teaching module, summary, and student documents at: Teaching Module Documents.

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