Daughter makes Peoria TV with creative biology lesson

[rurallib]

I am kind of proud of the kid on this one!

Our daughter, Autumn, has come up with a creative unit for her HS biology students. She gets a short segment on the local Peoria TV.
For those who have never seen Autumn she is the one in the background in the lab coat. Yes she looks as young (or younger) than her students.

http://www.week.com/news/local/11245376.html

[Debi]

1. Awesome rurallib!

Wonder how the kids chose who would be the dead guy x(

[rurallib]

2. It's one of the faculty (and I don't know who)

She has lined up something like 34 of her fellow teachers to help her out. She expects this to take up to the Thanksgiving holiday for them to figure it out.
LAst summer she was selected to teach a course on (I think) biology & the computer. It is a new course being offered across the country. She is one of the first 5 to teach it. She spent the summer taking courses and preparing. This is supposed to be a college prep upper level course.
Didn't attract many kids, only 10. Started kind of slow but sounds like the kids are really into it now.
BTW she is 27 and still looks like a sophomore in high school.

[IA_Seth]

3. Hey congrats!

You are obviously a proud father and for good reason! These are the kinds of teachers/classes we need these days. If only I had something so interesting in MY science courses!

[Debi]

4. Debi, Jr. took a course called Social Issues in Biology when he was a Junior

Over the semester the kids (about 13 in the class Jr/Sr) only went over four subjects and they were all subjects that were front page 24/7 news channel subjects (I can't remember all four but two were abortion and GMOs). Really interesting - and the kids all enjoyed reading up, making up their own minds and presnting their opinions to the class. Cool stuff for high school kids.

[rurallib]

5. Under the mundane stuff there is some real learning going on

Too bad teachers must spend half their day doing babysitting.
She loves her job and from what I have heard she is awfully good at it. Oops there goes a button.