Summer Workshop Follow-Up

Posted: July 27th, 2009
Author: Deborah Morrison-Ibrahim

Last Friday concluded our first interactions with our teacher partners and introduction to lesson plans as well the GK-12 Fellowship requirements in general. Not only am I very excited to work with Mrs. Harrison and Mr. Brosius, but with George Washington Community School students since they right in the middle of my study area. It was a pleasure to meet all my fellow “fellows” and teachers from the other schools as well. I must admit that I had no idea how much work went into thinking about and writing lesson plans, so I know where I will be focusing much my energies on for the first few weeks.

Dr. Filippelli has asked me to submit an abstract to the Geological Society of America (GSA) Conference to the session about Geology and Health. I am trying to come with a way to incorporate the GK-12 Fellowship into this abstract, but since its just the beginning I am not real sure how to do this.

In the past I have presented my project in San Diego and the National APHA Conference as a poster presentation and at GSA last year in Houston as an oral presentation. This year I will also be presenting my thesis project at the National Environmental Public Health Conference held by the CDC and ASTDR at the end of October.

Several other teacher partners have asked me to come into their classrooms as well and work on a project with their students. Let me know when would be a good to do this. Great week all and here’s to the new school year!

FYI: Here is the news reel from the IUPUI Home Pages of my project, (keeping in mind this was my frist news interview ever, the subsequent ones did improve): http://homepages.indiana.edu/asset/page/normal/6391.html