New Year’s Reflections on Hipp Project
Since this is the 2nd year I have been involved in a Hipp Grant project, I am more relaxed about the different aspects of the project. What I mean by this is last year my thought process was: we were given money to work on a project, so I need to work on it all the time. I found myself forcing some concepts so they could involve the project.
This year I realized that it is an ongoing process and there will be some stretches of time that I don’t even mention the solar panels in class. The one thing I do is stay in constant touch with Wes. This way I know what he is doing in Tech, what he has covered, and when I get to certain objectives such as scaling and dilations I can reference what they have done in Tech to what they are now learning in Math.
Hopefully anyone thinking about applying for a grant will realize that it can be incorporated into their class work and not be an “extra” project that you have to do in addition to your regular class work. It also helps if you have a colleague like Wes who takes care of all the paperwork!
