This week just flew by! It's amazing to think that in just three weeks, my time student teaching here at Oley Valley High School will be over. This week's lessons went very well overall. Plus we got to do a lot of really fun labs, including an outdoor lab to help harness in some of the students' spring time excitement!
Animal Science: Pregnant Rat dissection lab--> We used the whole week not only to look at the reproductive system of the rat, but also to review all the other systems of the rat. Everyone was such good sports and everyone had a blast, especially when they got to cut the fetus' out of the uterine horns. The lab practical was Friday.
Food Science: Pie Crust lab--> Within our Lipids Unit, we compared the use of various lipids in the baking of pie crusts. It led to some great discussions about different types of fats. Time is always a struggle with these types of labs. 43 minutes go very quickly.
Ag Environmental --> We got to go outside and enjoy the beautiful weather as they searched for 5 plants and animals to identify and discuss adaptations that made those animals suitable for a ecosystem. They all really enjoyed this (and I did too!).
Ag Biology --> We learned about selective breeding and GMOs. It was interesting talking about GMOs when certain individuals were strongly against them. That was a little tough as a teacher.
Professional Development:
Oley Valley hosted the Eastern Region PAAE meeting! We all really enjoyed showing everyone around the facility. Plus it's always great to talk with other ag teacher and also to hear about what's happening with PAAE :)
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