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Donna Bragee, a Science Teacher at the Junior High, says, "I thought the weather academy was a wonderful opportunity for our students to experience science, and everybody deals with weather in their every day lives, and not only could they make that connection, but they also were able to make the connection of a hands on experience. So you went through all the stages of weather; winds and breezes and land currents, high pressure, low pressure, and the list goes on, so what an opportunity."
The weather academy often promotes interactive learning, but we spoke to a teacher who says, another great way to engage the brain is through the arts.
Elizabeth Byassee Shore, the school's Music Teacher, explains, "When you're singing or playing a piece of music you're doing so many things with your brain, all of those syntaxes are forming, you're singing, you're singing in a language, you're doing dynamics, you're reading notes and rhythms, you're listening so it's just the pathways in your brain that are being created are just, you're multi-tasking basically just on a continuous level."...
Whether it's music, science, or both, Bragee says preparing these young people for life is why she does what she does, "Education is something that you take with you the rest of your entire life, and what better way to help be a stepping stone in somebody's career, life, choices, I don't know it's just a wonderful opportunity, kids are great."
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Source: WSIL TV
