El Education: Floura Casuella

A 5th/6th grade student in Shutesbury, Massachusetts created this character file as part of a Learning expedition on local scientists. Students were engaged in a survey-style study of all of the fields that are considered the hard sciences. Corresponding to their interest, students did a short internship with a local scientist in which they assisted with real research and documented their learning. Students created PowerPoint presentations explaining the general field of study and the particular area of research of their scientists. This resulted in a book titled "Meet Local Scientists," a life study of a fictional scientist.