Using nature and the senses to
create an environment for
teaching science through
mindfulness
WSST 2015
By: Hope Mikkelson
Information
Mrs. Hope Mikkelson
Verona Area High School
Science Teacher
(Advanced Human Biology, PLTW-BioMedical Science, Environmental Science)
Science Club Advisor (WiSE, Robotics)
Phone 608-845-4666
twitter: @druidswaggah
email: [email protected]
Agenda
*Introduction and Description
*Activities to engage students, sample labs
*Incorporating nature into the
Theridion grallator,
nananana makakiʻi
classroom environment
*How to foster camaraderie to reach
disengaged learners
*Conclude with mindfulness practice (10 minutes)
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"If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people
to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and
work, but rather teach them to long for the
endless immensity of the sea."
- Antoine de Saint Exupéry
Be Mindful……..
The interaction between
people in the
environment is a unique
tool for action and
learning; albeit
happiness usually
accompanies this
relationship as well. ~HM
My interpretation of The Scream by
Edvard Munch, 1893, Norwegian painter