the only thing is that like everyone in the town uses this email forum. I told my aunt and she thought it was funny though. and then she was telling my uncle and it turns out he knows the woman who made the reply. #smalltownproblems

No lab, just a classroom, unfortunately. All his supplies are his own, as the district took all our science supplies at the end of last year and have yet to return them (except I was a sneaker and didn’t turn mine in so I still have them...shhh). He goes by the district pacing guides, so right now in 4th grade we’re studying earth science, and the last time my students went to him they were creating models of earthquakes, volcanos, and landslides and talking about how each one occurs. Just stuff like that. He basically only has to plan one lesson per grade per 8 school days (since there are 7 classes in each grade level he just repeats the lesson 7 times and then gets the 8th day off to plan the next set of lessons), so I guess he just looks at each grade level’s standards and picks one thing to focus on. 45 minutes isn’t that much time so I don’t think he gets to go TOO in-depth with any of the inquiry but the kids love it and it helps supplement what I’m doing with them during my science block.