The first post titled "My Litmus Test" is about Mr.Spencer's frustration about the current state Superintendent of Public Instruction. Who is a former lawyer turned board member turned superintendent of the wealthiest school district who is now running for State Attorney General. Mr. Spencer, feels that this is a political stepping stone. So he came up with a list of questions he feel needed to be answered by the candidate before he could listen to their speeches or ideas. I commented that I agree that all the points he made are reasonable and is a good checklist for considering the position that candidate is running for. The person for the job do need to live a reasonable lifestyle as most normal caring public school administers do.
The second post titled "Is this Science?" it's about a experiment Mr. Spencer's students are doing over there extension time. The experiment is to provide his students with the challenge of creating a non-electric, solar-powered coffee maker.The students broke into groups and came up with many different ideas on how to make the coffee maker, what materials they would use, and they needed to find scientific answers to their question such as "what heat faster hot water or cold?". Mr.Spencer was concerned that it did not met the science standard. I commented that I think it is engineering, science, and much more. The students are using social skills debating over ideas also. They are using language art skills in witting their experiments/ideas down. The students have a chance to think critically. The project is a great idea because there is no wrong way of succeeding as long as coffee is being produced. The experiment is creative and seems exciting to do and figure out.
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