Tag Archives: Citizen Science

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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A Great Day in the Mud: Seeing What is Possible

Posted on June 1, 2018 by Bill Zoellick

On Wednesday of last week I was reminded why I do what I do. Eighteen sixth and seventh grade students from the Edna Drinkwater School in Northport joined me in setting up experimental plots on a clam flat that will … Continue reading →

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Taking the Measure

Posted on November 21, 2017 by Bill Zoellick

What did we find? That was the question that Sumner Memorial High School Students began to answer this past week as they analyzed the samples that they helped collect from John Small Cove on October 27.

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Bringing Authentic Science to Schools

Posted on November 15, 2017 by Bill Zoellick

Schoodic Institute uses the word “authentic” in its work with Sumner Memorial High School to describe science learning that addresses real problems and needs, where people outside the school want the data that the students collect. It is also authentic … Continue reading →

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Science, Community, and Clams

Posted on November 13, 2017 by Bill Zoellick

It would be great if students had a chance to do science that matters. It would be great if students had first-hand experience with the work and concerns of their communities. It would be great if we didn’t lose so … Continue reading →

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Design of Middle and High School Citizen Science Programs

Posted on August 9, 2017 by Bill Zoellick

I have been invited by a National Academy of Science committee to share some of what we have learned at the Schoodic Institute in more than 10 years of designing and implementing citizen science programs in schools. The invitation was … Continue reading →

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