Category Archives: Schools and Community

John Van Dis on Student Centered Science

Posted on May 1, 2020 by Bill Zoellick

Next week, on May 6 (3:00 PM) and 8 (1:00 PM), John Van Dis will be offering a two-part series of workshops in which he will talk about approaches he has been using to support student-centered science investigations during these … Continue reading →

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Making Students’ Thinking Visible While Apart

Posted on April 12, 2020 by Bill Zoellick

Schools in Maine shut down at the start of the third week of March. They will not reopen before the end of this school year. When the schools shut down, my teaching partner, Sarah Hooper, and I were working with … Continue reading →

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Transitioning to Community Science While Sheltering in Place

Posted on March 23, 2020 by Bill Zoellick

Whew!  What a time we are in. On Thursday, March 12 Sarah Hooper (my colleague at Schoodic Institute) and I were still working with students to help them prepare for a presentation to clam harvesters. The following Monday, local schools … Continue reading →

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Connecting Rural Schools to Forests and Communities

Posted on March 4, 2019 by Bill Zoellick

My friend and colleague Korah Soll runs an organization called Rural Aspirations. She has spent the last two years developing and launching a new program called the Maine Forest Collaborative (MFC) that aims to connect deeply rural schools to their … Continue reading →

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