August 6, 2012

Cultivating Curiosity



Today the real work begins.  The STEM program is explained, curriculum maps available, collaboration has begun.  I love my new role in learning.
The “motto” for Z’STEM is Cultivating Curiosity as we share a vision to cultivate curious and skeptical students who understand process thinking, have a mindset that is confident and positive about STEM, and have a work ethic that supports problem solving.  As I watched the live stream for the landing of the Curiosity rover on Mars, I was struck that Curiosity sent “heartbeat tones” back to the team at JPL.  Curiosity has a heartbeat.  Isn’t that the truth?!   There are amazing young people who are about to walk through the doors of this building and their heartbeats are precious, we're going to cultivate their curiosity together. 

1 comment:

  1. Talk about the opportunity to incorporate real-world (okay, out of this world) learning into the classroom! Such an exciting time to be in the classroom!

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