For my last post of 2009, I wanted to leave readers with a positive message. The following article if from the Lexington Minutemen.
In honor of exemplary leadership in promoting and advancing science education for students and teachers, Lexington resident Kathleen Vandiver received the 2009 Science Educator of the Year award for Middlesex County.
The award, presented by the Massachusetts Association of Science Teachers (MAST) in October, cited her work as developer of the LEGO Life Sciences kits.
Using the kits and associated curriculum, teachers lead their middle school and high school classes through carefully designed lessons about basic chemistry and properties of matter, DNA, cellular biology and genetics concepts.
Vandiver, a former sixth grade science teacher at Diamond Middle School, developed an introductory chemistry curriculum to insure that her students grasped crucial concepts such as the difference between atoms, molecules and elements. As they manipulate LEGO bricks, students vividly see how substances can recombine in different ways and form compounds with new properties.
Happy holidays to all!
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