Christmas celebration at the Diomede School
little diomede
From the helipad
From the north the sea ice keeps coming from the Chukchi sea.
In the south the sun sets over the Bering sea.
Sea Ice
From times past
Weekend
Crescent
Ocean still
For a while
And sometimes after days of getting by one day at a time half broken and dog tired a beautiful moment happens in the blink of the eye so quick that it’s long gone before I realize I almost cried and one of those moments is enough to get by on for a while. Like this one moment that came along today.
For now
And sometimes after a day that breaks me the next day is just a bit better, enough to get by on for one more day.
Disheartening
In a teaching world that revolves entirely around standards it shouldn’t be so surprising to me how powerfully a ‘not met’ mark, or rather a number of them, works into my head and heart.
tryin hard here to remember ardentheartedness.
the northern lights are out right now.
Chicken chili
This is how it’s done.
Safety procedure: throw it out the window
i’m a science teacher, i know safety procedure.
if it starts to go bad i’ll pitch it out the window.
wait..don’t the kids slide on the ice out there?
…and how did the epilogue go down?
*see the post below before you read this one
Provisional Teaching Certificate: 200+ hours of study, work, homework up to date, and two more years of study
Moving to the bush: $1000 of food at Costco + $300 shipping
Teaching science: many, many hours of lesson planning
Coil of magnesium ribbon: $27 + $15 s&h
Combustion pre-lab and lab lesson planning: 6 hours
Setting off the school fire alarm with my middle schoolers despite doing our lab right next to an open window: priceless
What does lab lesson plan look like?
It looks something like this:
-explain oxidation / combustion
-explain what’s needed for combustion
-light a nail (fail)
-light a candle
+what’s happening?
+cover, remove oxygen–>stop combustion by removing an essential part
-why can’t you light metal?
-light a magnesium strip w/clip (let it burn out)
-re-explain what is combustion? why does magnesium combust?
-kids hypothesize: can magnesium burn w/o oxygen?
-explain why you need to polish the magnesium
-light magnesium, cover
-kids write conclusion
epilogue: light a bunch of magnesium and drop it in hot water (IMPORTANT: near open window)