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Science First! GK-12 Fellows present poster at annual meeting

All nine of the 2008-9 GK-12 fellows attended the GK-12 annual meeting in Washington DC, March 27-29, 2009. Even though it was only the first year of the Science First! program, they presented a poster entitled "Science First! Communicating Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics in the Elementary School Setting".

Outdoor Ecosystem Learning Classroom under construction

The buildings at North Side Elementary are configured in a rectangle leaving a middle nature area. We are constructing two major features within the nature area, a water feature and a fossil dig. The water feature is almost complete and the fossil dig is under construction. The water feature will be the focal point of the outdoor classroom, with indigenous rock and foliage being used to frame a waterfall and pond and bog area. The fossil dig area will be approximately 12 feet square and will contain casts of bones of animals found at the Gray Fossil Site, and now housed in the ETSU and General Shale Brick Natural History Museum (to view the museum web site, click here). Lessons are being developed on appropriate archaeological dig procedures. The entire outdoor classroom will be used to incorporate grade level standards lessons for students in science and mathematics.