This week, I have been at a workshop close to Mount Rainier called “Ethics in the Science Classroom.” It has been FASCINATING, with topics from gene therapy to stem cells; from using animal and human subjects to consumer awareness with cosmetics. We’re staying in cabins, and Justin has been with me most of the week. Each day there is a huge breakfast, lunch, and dinner in the cafeteria, so we get to eat and talk a lot in our down time. It’s been wonderful to chat with other science teachers from Mercer Island near Seattle to California, Kansas, Kentucky, Virginia, and Oregon. I’ve been working on my curriculum today, as well as playing volleyball (my wrists hurt!). They’ve had movie nights, so I saw The Constant Gardener last night. The night before we had a nature walk and we saw Mt. Rainier and an old-growth douglas fir forest.

More details and pics to come, I hope. Right now I have to work hard to finish my curriculum before the bonfire and s’mores!