What can we learn about teaching and learning from these teachers?

Back To the Future
Brian Crosby

Brian Crosby is a fourth grade teacher at Agnes Risley Elementary School. He teaches a class of fourth graders that are mostly underprivileged students. One of the projects he did with his class involved hot air balloons. His students learned what would happen to the balloon as it entered different atmospheres. They also learned the history of the balloon and told stories from the balloons point of view. They wrote about where the balloon went and what happened to it. The class also sent up a real balloon with a camera attached. As the students were writing, they were also watching a live feed of what happened to the balloon.





Blended Learning Cycle
Paul Anderson

Paul Anderson teaches his classroom with a method called blended learning. He teaches in a way that really engages his students. He uses six steps in teaching his class.
1. Question
2. Investigation/ Inquiry
3. Video
4. Elaboration
5. Review
6. Summary quiz

Paul Anderson has been teaching for twenty years and teaching science on youtube for the past three years. He has created hundreds of science videos that have been viewed millions of times by teachers and students. He also has a website called Bozemanscience.