“Finally, a new data collection that ACTUALLY comes with lesson plans and how to videos!”  Written by: Hannah Nakamoto When I first approached the Micro:bits  booth at my summer climate change professional development , I was scared. I had been feeling “behind the times” for a while because I hadn’t been integrating any sort of coding in my classroom. I wanted to make the jump, but as an already overwhelmed and overstimulated teacher, I had reservations. Common internal dialogue sounded...

by Hannah Nakamoto and Yenny Sanchez Sarmiento “I always knew that this was a thing but I never thought about why  before.”  -10th grade high school student at Kearny High This past summer we attended the Climate Champions Design Summit , an opportunity where local teachers could gather at the University of California, San Diego, and learn about ways in which we could include more environmental literacy into our teaching practice. We experience a high school chemistry unit that leverages...