Crazy Times

Well these past couple of weeks have been pretty crazy with days off and the end of the marking period. The above picture is a bit of unwinding at the Halloween dance last Friday night. The 3 sixth grade science teachers dressed up as entrants in the Ms. Science USA competition. It was great...the kids actually thought we were celebrities! Another crazy addition to these past weeks was Halloween itself. Then we had Wednesday off to do grades. We, the 6th grade science teachers, had planned to meet in the afternoon to get things ready and organized for the rest of the month...but instead we spent the whole afternoon getting sub plans ready for the next two days because we were going to the NSTA conference*. Next week we are looking at 2 real days of instruction with one day off and 2 half days with parent conferences in the afternoons! What craziness!
* The NSTA conference was great today. I am interested in going back tomorrow to find out what more there is to learn! I found some interesting stuff at the Discovery exhibit and learned some cool new strategies from my sessions. When you have a chance I would suggest check out this site...if you click on Virtual Labs you should get a pretty cool experience! Discovery
I'm not sure if the link will work because it is not on my laptop...