| My long-time enjoyment of earth science, | | | | knew I should include fossil activities in my lesson |
| especially when it included fossil activities, had me | | | | plans. There had to be a lot of hands-on kids' |
| doing earth science activities for kids from the | | | | activities with an emphasis on fun.When I got my |
| time my own children were little ones. So when | | | | class list, I saw immediately that I would need to |
| my middle school asked me to pick something to | | | | do some revisions in my plans: I had a small class, |
| teach for six weeks that I just enjoyed, this was | | | | but it included several students with learning |
| the first thing that came to mind. It was set up | | | | disabilities and behavioral problems. These were |
| to be more like a club than a class, so while there | | | | not going to be internally motivated kids. I knew |
| were definitely learning goals, the most important | | | | that my most important class would be the first |
| goal was to have fun and enjoy ourselves. I | | | | one. |