Seattle has a reputation for being gray and rainy and while all stereotypes about the city were shattered with blue skies and sun on previous trips, Thomas and I stepped off the plane to steady rain coming from stormy skies that set the stage for our 72 hours in town. We were in Seattle for…
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Virtual Field Trip: Learning About Dabbawala Lunch Delivery in Mumbai, India
This post is sponsored by Corning® Gorilla® Glass One of the best ways children can learn about the world is to step outside their homes and communities and travel. Whether you travel to a different part of your state, the country, or across the globe physically or through a virtual field trip, teaching kids about people…
Virtual Field Trip: Testing Corning® Gorilla® Glass at the Corning Incorporated Sullivan Park Research & Development Campus #LearningThroughGorillaGlass
This post is sponsored by Corning® Gorilla® Glass “I’m really sorry, Mom,” Emily said as she carefully picked up pieces of a drinking glass from our kitchen table. “When I knocked it over on the table it just broke. The glass must have already been abraded.” Abraded isn’t usually part of a teen’s vocabulary but on…
Four Things I’ve Learned from Three Amazing Women in the Arizona Desert
This post is sponsored by Corning® Gorilla® Glass 4 If you got an invitation to journey to the desert with three people you didn’t know for a trip that would cover “interesting terrain and experiences” and require “a moderate to high level of activity,” would you say yes? I did and have no regrets. Let me…
Virtual Field Trip: Renewable Energy Lessons from Coral Reef & Mojave Desert (5/20, 1 pm ET) #NatureWorksEverywhere
This is a sponsored post written as part of a partnership between NatureWorksEverywhere.org and We Are Teachers Teachers know that kids learn best by making real world connections to concepts that they’re learning about in the classroom but as much as I believe in learning through experiences, the honest truth is that it can be almost impossible…
Virtual Field Trip: An Inside Look at Corning’s Sullivan Park Research & Development Campus #LearningThroughGorillaGlass
This post is sponsored by Corning® Gorilla® Glass If I were to ask you to name the first product made by Corning Incorporated that pops into your head, chances are you might say PYREX® or CorningWare. Fair enough. While these are products the company is well known for thanks to their presence in kitchens throughout America,…
6 Reasons to Pack the Samsung Galaxy S6 edge+ with #GorillaGlass4 on Your Next Adventure (w sweeps)
This post is sponsored by Corning® Gorilla® Glass It’s not very often that I think about the components that make up my phone or the durability of Corning® Gorilla® Glass 4 in my Samsung Galaxy S6 edge+ but it was definitely on my mind while I peered over the Tsegi Canyon walls on our way to…
RESCHEDULED for 11/16: #GorillaGlass4Sweeps Twitter Chat w Samsung S6 edge+ sweeps
This post is sponsored by Corning® Gorilla® Glass As a former teacher, I love to learn through travel. There’s nothing better than an immersive adventure to spark wonder, amazement and a desire to learn more. Throughout the past month I’ve been sharing the tough terrain we conquered along with incredible landscapes I witnessed and captured with…
Lessons Learned from Taking Road Less Traveled
This post is sponsored by Corning® Gorilla® Glass Have you heard of Vermillion Cliffs National Monument? How about Paria Canyon? The Grand Staircase? Neither had I until briefly crossing into Utah to board Utility Task Vehicles (UTVs) that we drove over miles of tough wilderness with rocky and muddy trails to reach scenic vistas that revealed…
3 Lessons Learned While Visiting the Betatakin Ruins at Navajo National Monument
This post is sponsored by Corning® Gorilla® Glass It’s easy to be in awe of the incredible landscape that unfolds when standing at the canyon rim of Navajo National Monument but a descent into Tsegi Canyon to visit the Betatakin Ruins provides many important lessons and more dazzling scenery with every steep switchback. During our five…
