Tag: Science

• Why Choose Teaching After 2020?

  

  There’s a lot of negativity surrounding education lately, but especially following the COVID pandemic. I absolutely agree that there is a lot to be down about: lost learning time, education gaps and missing foundational skills, a widening achievement gap, and a complete end of education for some (World Economic Forum, 2022). That’s to say nothing…

  Katherine Flax

  May 15, 2023

  Motivation, Perseverance

  Community, dailyprompt, dailyprompt-1936, education, Math, Perseverance, Rural Education, School, Science, Small Town, STEM Education

• Get Those Kids Outside!

  A couple of years ago, I ran into an interesting study published by the CDC in February 2020. WOW – Can you imagine what those averages might be now that we have experienced the COVID pandemic? I’d hate to even guess. However, in 2022, I found a very interesting response to those numbers called the…

  Katherine Flax

  May 4, 2023

  Summer Science Activities

  1000 Hours Outside, Community, education, Outdoor Activities, Rural Education, Scavenger Hunt, School, Science, Small Town, STEM Education

• Who Am I?

  

  The world can take you wondrous places and lead you to meet incredible people. Life brought me to small town Kansas, to a school with fewer than 200 students K-12, to a farming community lucky enough to have a bank, a hospital, a bar, and 5 different churches. This is my home. I will live…

  Katherine Flax

  May 4, 2023

  Motivation, Perseverance

  Change, Community, education, Math, Perseverance, Rural Education, School, Science, Small Town, STEM Education