Meeting with Madlyn and Heather

Below is the notes I took during this meeting with Madlyn and Heather on Nov 21, 2010 for future reference.

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a few things that they can select from, not too many choices.

Select the grouped items, container/not container. Then, by materials/time(morden/antique).

Three different areas for the students to pick. Go quickly to the main content. Not cognitively busy which is time/energy consuming.

Start from small, and add to it later. Quality. Less choices, high quality.

12 – 15 specimens. Kids like dinosaurs, animals, minerals, plants, insects (number of legs)

Visually interesting.

Tool box. Connect to their own lives, currently making,

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Curator, format, how sam came back in observation. Add justification, why you justify them like that. Select which group


timeline 15-20 minutes.

Utah core links.

Umnh.org

Educators—resources

“I like to study insects…”