I wish I had some sort of inspiration or really cool project to talk about...but at the end of the year I'm always just so ready to be done. Usually during the summer I have time to unwind and get excited/motivated again!
I have two ideas I plan on thinking about over the summer. First as an intro earth science project I want to have the students build their own jar terrariums. Might be a neat way to talk about systems and get them interested. So that's just a project to keep in the back of my mind.
I also really want to focus on teaching strategies, like cooperative learning for physics 1st. Now that I know the content a little better and what to expect, I think I can make the class flow better. I'll have good practice starting next week. I'm going to need a lot of strategies to keep the summer school kids motivated all day. I'm hoping that using lots of strategies will naturally lead to more efficient classroom management.
So that's what I'll try to think about over the summer...happy end of the school year. I'll be back in the fall.
