For this episode, Becky and I interviewed Emily Sahra, a teacher at Post Falls high school in Northern Idaho. Emily shared the power of using phenomena in your classroom and then illustrated it by sharing one of her lessons that involves swans washing up dead each year on Lake Coeur d'Alene. It sucked us right in! Overall, Emily thoughts were practical and yet insightful and centered around helping students find and follow their own passions. Last month she received the Dr. Becca Wills Outstanding Educator Award in Idaho. You're going to enjoy her suggestions, so let's jump in.
