Brian Crosby describes why he thinks learning is messy. That’s also the name of his blog: Learning is Messy – Blog. Currently he’s describing a field trip to study sticklebacks and diatomites as well as a multischool project in which students plan how to survive on Mars.
My class got started this week on a 7 week project we will participate in with almost 500 other students from 9 schools in my district from 4th to 8th grade. We call the project Marsopolis. The students will work together to design the systems needed to survive on Mars (air, water, food, waste, communication, recreation, transportation and temperature control).
This teacher gets it! He’s ambitious for his students. He uses video and mobile electronic devices as easily as I use books. And he lets students learn, all in an atmosphere of tests and AYPs!
Thanks, Tom Hoffman for pointing to this teacher. I hadn’t found him earlier.