Mid-week Report

This week (so far) has proven to be incredibly, once again. However, although busy, Tuesday was a really fun day. My science professor took my science methods class to the Columbus Zoo, to Ruby Tuesday's for lunch, and then to an education store that sells resources to teachers.

The zoo was really interesting. We were able to talk with a zoo employee and find out how the online learning works. Since I did not attend a school in Ohio, I never had the opportunity to experience the online learning from the students perspective, but it seems like it would captivate the students' attention. After learning about the online learning, we were able to take a "behind the scenes" tour through a building and see all different kinds of animals. The animals that we saw were the animals that the zoo uses in its various educational programs and shows. We met two birds who could talk to us. They were hilarious. After our "behind the scenes" tour, we were allowed to walk around the zoo and look at the various exhibits.

The education store was neat. It was full of all kinds of goodies for teachers. If I was rich, and I knew what subject (math or science) that I will be teaching, and the grade level I will be teaching, I would have bought lots of cool stuff for my classroom.

This is one reason why I like Bluffton so much...because we have smaller classes (there are only 4 other students in my science methods class), we are able to go places such as the Columbus Zoo and the education store. My professor is very interesting and definitely cares about each of us. His number one goal is to make sure that we learn as much as we can without making our learning boring.