Jhanna+Levin

Hi!! My name is Jhanna Levin, and I teach 4th grade Math & Science at Calverton ES in Beltsville, MD. In addition to getting 9 and 10 year old excited about Science and Math everyday, I am the school's Science Coordinator as well as the STEM Fair Coordinator. This way I have a hand in all of our school's EE! I have realized over the years that EE is a way to get students to take ownership of their learning and to feel a part of something larger than themselves. At Calverton, with the help of our Save The World Club, we have already become a green school, built a rain garden, planted numerous trees (eventually we will have enough for an outdoor classroom), made bluebird houses, recycle paper and drink pouches, and much, much more. Many of our classes are vermicomposting and each year the whole 4th grade creates 5 oyster reef balls to submerge into The Bay. This year I am fortunate enough to be able toreally delve into creating lessons that embed both Science and Math. EE really brings both subjects to life. Both Kate and I feel really strongly about collaboration, which is why we wanted to present together eventhough we teach different grades at different schools. The ideas are the same....just scaffolded for grade level appropriateness and MSC alignment. Please help us from reinventing the wheel over here in PGCPS-let's get all of our ideas together so that we can learn from each other!!!!

Feel free to contact me at jhanna.levin@pgcps.org