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Dear Diary, Our styrofoam cups came back from the sea floor! That’s right, we sent down colored styrofoam cups to see how they respond to the increased pressure at 2000 meters below sea level (1.2 miles). This is a great way to visualize why we don’t have scuba divers on board to check out our drill string if it gets stuck in the hole…the pressure is just too great. 
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Dear Diary, We have pulled up the first mantle cores, but we may have angered the mantle gods because now our drill is stuck in the first hole. The winds have changed direction. And with the turning weather, our luck has also, unfortunately turned for the worse. We will try for a new hole tomorrow when we get free. I’m becoming obsessed with rocks. I didn’t think it was possible to be excited about a rock, but I was wrong. Before this expedition I didn’t know that someone could have a favorite rock. Being in a room full of geologists will have you questioning your own sense of humor as their technical sediment puns go over your head. I guess it’s not their fault…
Dear Diary, Today I saw something I’ve never seen before. I’m in the middle of the ocean, with no passing ships and no sight of land for 5 days. There is a dense cloud cover blocking out the stars. The sea is finally calm, so there are no white caps. As I stand on the side of the ship and look out, I cannot tell where the ocean ends and the sky begins. Complete and total darkness. My eyes search for the horizon, squinting, readjusting. But it isn’t there. Nothing is there. 
 Expedition day: 4
Wind speed: 18 knots Ship speed: 11 knots Swell: 2-3 meters Dear Diary, The rise and fall of the ship’s bow has lulled my body into a waking stupor. Every pitch and roll makes the climb up stairs and the opening of doors hurculean events. And despite my efforts, there are those on board who seem to float around the ship with ease. Those are the crew. Sure-footed, hardened, salty. They expertly navigate around the slumbering scientists.
I have survivor guilt.
In the 2019-2020 school year, I accepted a position as a health and safety coordinator at a school district to lighten my work load while I started a doctoral program for educational leadership. Yes, the first half of the year was a refreshing break from the workload in my classroom. And then the pandemic hit. Somehow being a health and safety coordinator who specialized in hazardous waste disposal and active shooter training now qualified me to be the expert on coronavirus outbreaks in my district. Needless-to-say the job went from a part-time to a more than full-time position almost overnight. First, let’s discuss what the “Sage on the Stage” is and what this looks like in a K-12 classroom. When I was a student, I assumed my teacher knew everything. And I mean, everything. I suppose as a kid we assume that our parents and other adults are the holders of knowledge and they will impart their wisdom on us when we are old enough to understand and retain that information. To some extent, this is true. Our parents and other adults teach us how to walk, talk, and interact with the world by modeling that behavior for us. As children, we are taught right from wrong, right from left, and how to write and read.
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Lesley AndersonWith over a decade of experience as an educator, I want to share some of the best practices that I've discovered for bringing the real world into the classroom. Archives
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