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