Colorado Science Teacher of the Year
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Just stick your head above the crowd and someone will shoot at it. One Colorado elementary teacher is getting hit in the head with flying film canisters powered by water and Alka-Seltzer... and the kids are being praised. Colorado Association of Science Teachers selected Shannon Koppenfafer as the Science Teacher of the Year for the state's elementary school teachers. She was nominated by John McConnell, the Grand Valley's version of Mr. Science who runs the Western Colorado Math and Science Center.
Here's a secret that I learned years ago... constantly seek out amazing teachers. Read about them... watch them in action... study their writings... find out what makes them tick. As teachers, we all benefit when one of our own receives this type of well-deserved recognition. (more...)
