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It's Here

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  Throughout the final packing day, I have been pinching myself.  It's hard to believe that my love of science and learning is going to be turned into a field research experience.   The photo today, came from my itnerary with CARICOOS.  In the middle of the two amazing science entities is my school logo.  At the root of discovering science, we are the same.  Teaching and exploring science has always been a passion of mine but I often didn't find the right balance.  As a second career teacher, my heart has always been in the lab and field work.  When I was in the lab, I missed teaching others.  Right now, my summer has been the perfect marriage between the two:  absorbing as much science as I can from coral propagation, wolf tracking, indigenous tribal ecological knowledge, quantum physics and sea urchin restoration while generating activites for the science classroom.   After attending WINGS this summer, my focus is the cultivation the Joy and Wonder in science through sense-ma