What’s Gotta Stay

Believe it or not, I have a teaching degree in Biology. I never used it to teach other than my student teaching time. I love teaching, I just didn’t enjoy the school experience. I could say a lot more, but that belongs on my other site, WhatsGottaGo.com. Here I want to sing the praises of a cool site for kids, and even adults with some kid-like curiosity and fascination left in them. The site is called Worsley School and I recently found it because of an article floating around the Digg, StumbleUpon, and Del.ici.ous social sites.

Have you heard of a demodicid or even have any idea what it is. Read all about it. I remember learning about this at one point, but it has been so long it was very cool to learn it again. The article is fun to look at, interesting to read, and disgusting to think about all at the same time. Don’t let that sway you from checking it out! This photo is from the site linked above, so all credit there as they do not include a reference as to where it was from.

Science has been an interesting ride for me. Early on I loved it like every elementary school kid because science meant the cool demonstrations and experiments we could do. How could that not be fun?! Later on I hated it because I had a few bad teachers in high school that made science equate to something difficult to understand, a required chore and failed to make science interesting. My college experience was like many who wander from major to major trying to decide what to do in life. I ended up in the sciences and later with teaching because I rediscovered my fascination with the natural world and wanted to help kids discover this as well.

Sites like the Worsley School do a great job displaying and explaining the natural world in a way that kids are intrigued and compelled to learn more. There are many sources out there, but I found this one a great resource that explains things on a level that kids can enjoy. There are photos in every article which as a visual learner myself consider a must. Of course there is more than “just” the sciences represented here, but of course that is the area that first caught my eye. I will be showing this site to my kids today, and hopefully you have someone to share it with as well.