Julie Bunnell explains the procedure for a science experiment testing pH levels of local water sources to 4th-grade students at the CELTIC Academy (Glasgow Independent). Photo by Amy Wallot, Sept. 18, 2012
Seniors Kayla Lawson and Destiny Fox create a poster answering questions about floods, hurricanes and fault lines during Stephanie Harmon’s earth science class at Rockcastle County High School. Student engagement is a key component in Harmon’s classes, and “talk partners” make the students more accountable and better able to communicate their ideas. Photo by Amy Wallot, April 9, 2015
Students in Andrea Parson\'s 4th-grade class at Cumberland County Elementary School watch a webcam of an osprey in a nest near Lake Barkley. Photo by Amy Wallot, April 11, 2012
Math teacher Chris Williamson works on a circuit for biomedical purposes during the High School Teacher Fellowship Program at the University of Louisville.
Belfry High School (Pike County) teacher Haridas Chadran and Bellevue High School (Bellevue Independent) teacher Heather Packard dilute gold nanoparticles as part of cancer research during the High School Teacher Fellowship Program at the University of Louisville.
Seneca High School (Jefferson County) science teacher Marlon Francis demonstrates a micro-flow device for high school students during the High School Teacher Fellowship Program at the University of Louisville.
Louisville Male High School (Jefferson County) teacher Jeff Wright experiments with building Knudsen pumps during the High School Teacher Fellowship Program at the University of Louisville.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers archaeologist Valerie McCormack talks about vandalism at the Natural Arch in McCreary County. Photo by Amy Wallot, July 9, 2014
Jones Park Elementary School 5th-grade teacher Angela Buis takes a selfie with Jonesy, a stuffed panther and school mascot, at the Natural Arch. Buis takes pictures of Jonesy at various locations and incorporates them into her lesson plans. Photo by Amy Wallot, July 9, 2014
Hayes Lewis Elementary School (Leslie County) 6th-grade students Austin Feltner, left, and Jeremiah Caldwell listen to their flight plans in the briefing room at the Challenger Learning Center of Kentucky in Hazard Dec. 3, 2010. Photo by Amy Wallot
Monticello Elementary School (Wayne County) 5th-grade teacher Cyndi Neal, Colony Elementary School (Laurel County) 5th-grade teacher and Burgin Independent social studies teacher Mimi Becker examine the Natural Arch area as they work on an activity to plan out how to use the shelter space as a communal home during Project Archaeology tours Natural Arch in McCreary County.Photo by Amy Wallot, July 9, 2014
Teachers examined the Natural Arch as they walked under it duringProject Archaeology tours Natural Arch in McCreary County.Photo by Amy Wallot, July 9, 2014
Archaeologist Gwynn Anderson, right, talks with a group of teachers about a small fragment of tool found at Natural Arch. They discussed how and when the object may have got there. Photo by Amy Wallot, July 9, 2014
Hayes Lewis Elementary School (Leslie County) 5th-grade student Blake Stidham puts on a lab coat before taking off and landing at the space station at the Challenger Learning Center of Kentucky in Hazard Dec. 3, 2010. Photo by Amy Wallot
Fourth-grade students John Richardson, Lauren Campbell and Eli Travis get a pond water sample during Julie Bunnell\'s class at the CELTIC Academy (Glasgow Independent). The students were testing pH levels of local water sources. Photo by Amy Wallot, Sept. 18, 2012
Fourth-grade student Jacob Wolf compares pH levels from local water sources during Julie Bunnell\'s class at the CELTIC Academy (Glasgow Independent). Photo by Amy Wallot, Sept. 18, 2012
Amie Weckenbrock asked her 7th-grade science class what it knows about our galaxy at the beginning of an astronomy unit at Beechwood High School (Beechwood Independent). Photo by Amy Wallot, April 16, 2013
Lauren Mikula and Logan Carberry work together drawing their guess on the order, number and size of the planets during a pre-assessment activity before an astronomy unit during Amie Weckenbrock’s 7th-grade science class at Beechwood High School (Beechwood Independent). Photo by Amy Wallot, April 16, 2013
Mackenzie Quirk and Tatum Watkins create a model of the solar system during Amie Weckenbrock’s 7th-grade science class at Beechwood High School (Beechwood Independent). “I love how interactive teaching science is,” Weckenbrock said. “Students get to do many hands on activities and investigate things on their own rather than simply being told how things work.” Photo by Amy Wallot, April 16, 2013
Seventh-grade student Tareza Chiasson asks Amie Weckenbrock a question about planets during her science class at Beechwood High School (Beechwood Independent). Photo by Amy Wallot, April 16, 2013

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