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| Students exploring dinosaurs at the American Museum of Natural History yesterday. Photo: Jessica Fenster-Sparber |
How did the universe come into being and how has it changed over the last 13 billion years? What is dark energy and how do we know it exists? How are species endemic to Cuba affected by what we do here in the United States? How much krill can a blue whale consume in one day?
Students residing in Lutheran and St. Johns houses were invited to wonder about these questions and more in conjunction with a field trip yesterday to NYC's most popular field trip destination, the American Museum of Natural History. Four of us teachers at Belmont crafted a mini-interdisciplinary unit for the end of the instructional school year melding science, information literacy, advisory, and special education to scaffold a positive learning experience and provide access to the museum for detained youth. We thank Literacy for Incarcerated Teens for funding the gift of the visit to our students.--Elaine Latham, Shelley Leibusor, Milena Mihalache, and Jessica Fenster-Sparber
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