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Peabody Fellows are given five months to create a curriculum unit of eight to ten lessons, totaling 12 to 20 hours of student involvement. The process begins before teachers leave the summer Biodiversity Institute, when topics are chosen and a skeletal framework takes shape. Exploring the specimens of the BioAction Lab, Fellows begin to focus on an area of particular interest.
Units are expected to incorporate the BioAction Lab into at least half of the planned lessons, and to include at least one outdoor experience. Teachers submit drafts to be evaluated according to science content, use of hands-on and inquiry teaching, authentic assessment, and engaging extension activities to reinforce the material. Working with the curriculum specialist in a constructive atmosphere encourages the Fellows to push the envelope of their usual methods of teaching science.
Once the final draft is ready, the Lab arrives at the school, and the excitement generated among the students is ample reward for the months of intense work.
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| Carrigan Middle School, West Haven, Connecticut |
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Grade 5-6: Kelly Hanson
“Bats: Friend or Foe” |
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| Conte West Hills Magnet School, New Haven, Connecticut |
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Grade 5: Karen D’Ostilio
“Happy as a Clam: Mollusks of Long Island Sound” |
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Grade 5: Karlen Meinsen
“Watersheds: Their Wonders and Worries” |
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Grades 6: Marie Lato
“The Water Traveler: Pollution” |
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District Science Staff Developer: Sarah Rosner
“By Beak or by Teeth: That Is the Question” |
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| East Rock Magnet School, New Haven, Connecticut |
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Grade 6: Pepe Santorelli
“Circle of Life” |
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Grade 7: Joe Lewis
“The Phylum Arthropoda” |
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Grade 8: Lynn Pensky
“Secrets of the Sound:
Long Island Sound and Its Resources” |
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| Edgewood Magnet School, New Haven, Connecticut |
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Grade 3: Sue Matican
“Hide and Seek: Be an Animal Track Detective” |
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Grade 4: Toni Vahlsing
“Marsh Madness or Mystery of the Marsh” |
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| Hamden Middle School, Hamden, Connecticut |
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Grade 7: Deirdre Green
“Where Oh Where Has My Little Frog Gone?” |
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| Sheridan Magnet School, New Haven, Connecticut |
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Grade 7: Lynn Peckham
“Forest Fires” Click here for Lessons [227 KB] |
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| Troup Magnet Academy of Science, New Haven, Connecticut |
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Grade 7: Elizabeth Vigliotti
“Biodiversity of the Human Body” |
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| Wintergreen Interdistrict Magnet School, Hamden, Connecticut |
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Grade 3-5: Dave Levine, Carolyn Chirico, Lisa Sperrazza, Lise Bruhn and Debbye Vitti
“Water You Gonna' Do About It?” |
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| Worthington Hooker Middle School, New Haven, Connecticut |
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Grade 6: Judie Alderman
“Go Fish” |
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Grade 6: Kathy Scully
“Biodiversity in East Rock Park: Its Effect on Human Health” |
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