Chapter 10: Going Beyond the Classroom

"In ninth-grade science, two times a week we went out to clean up a park with a pond in it. We learned about fish and the environment." p. 176

-This chapter provide many great examples and idea of how to enrich the classroom experience by bring outside experts into the class, or by taking the class out into the real world. I chose this quote specifically because it is talking about an outside experience with a biology class. The experiences I have had on field trips and going outside for class lessons stimulated my motivation and interest to learn the content. I am excited to teach science, and to always bring the real world into play with my students. I believe that if students realize why they are learning new material and how it is useful to them, they will become more interested and engaged.