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When I was a teacher in California, I once went to a quick workshop about Bizworld, and I thought it was the coolest teaching ever! Bizworld is a program or toolkit that introduces the concept of entrepreneurship to students in primary school and even secondary school. I thought students at Guan Ai would definitely enjoy [...]

Chinese kids don’t really play board games like American kids do, but like any game you introduce to kids, they pick up quickly, especially if you play the game in class. Little did they know they were actually reviewing math skills for their end of semester test that was coming up. The other function of [...]

Teacher Sun was really hesitant when I first suggested this project. In high school my physics teacher made each student make their own guitar and play a song. I figured Guan Ai elementary school student groups should be brilliant enough to make an instrument that could at least play some notes here and there. In [...]

Teacher Yang has never really been too comfortable teaching science. At heart she’s an English teacher, and she always seems a bit hesitant to explain some of the more challenging science concepts in class. But when I bring up science projects for her students to do, she’s always more than eager to try them out. [...]

Ms. Wang is the first grade Chinese teacher. She likes to tell stories to students. Here is a blog post she wrote: Young faces, rising voices, enthusiastic hand movements. All of these show their happy and enriched childhoods, increased interest in reading, and improved speaking and presentation skills. A childhood without reading is a dry [...]

After hearing Ron Song say that he wanted to do an experiment that involved throwing eggs from the second story, I immediately envisioned a ground littered with yellow cracked eggs. More than a little suspicious about the idea, I asked, “You sure this will work?” To my surprise, he replied back confidently, “It’ll work.” And [...]

I brought lots of glass bottles to the science experiment class because I thought that plastics bottles would be easier for the students to knock over. Ron Sung watched the class and offered some suggestions for improvement. He asked me, “How do feel the class went?” I said, “Not too bad, though perhaps a little [...]

For the Guan Ai 4th graders’ lesson on masted ships, Teacher Sun decided that the best way to learn about how masted ships function, students should build their own boats and find a way to make them work. The 4th grade Chinese language text required students to know the vocabulary of a masted ship’s parts, [...]

Over 300 million Chinese citizens are smokers. According to a study reported in the British Medical Journal, 75% of Chinese men smoke and nearly 50% of them will die from smoking-related illnesses if present smoking levels remain unchanged. The problem is especially pronounced in rural areas. According to Professor Teh-wei Hu at the University of [...]

The challenge: Create a structure capable of supporting weight. The rules: Use only disposable chopsticks and rubber bands. Timeframe: Three class periods (40 minutes each) Awards: Structural Award – the structure can support the most weight Teamwork Award – every group member actively participates in the project Environmentally Friendly Award – the structure uses the [...]