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<\/p>\nHeidi Lent is a teacher overflowing with creativity. For starters, she teaches a class called Math, Art and Nature, where she combines all three topics to enrich her students\u2019 learning experience. \u201cFor me, my philosophy is integration of subjects, getting them to write, draw and read,\u201d Lent says. After attending a WISE workshop last year, she used her triple-threat teaching strategy when introducing \u00a0invasive species to her students.<\/p>\n
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\u201cEverything I know about invasives, I learned there,\u201d Lent says of her workshop experience. She shared her newfound knowledge by helping her students create clay sculptures of invasive insects. The end result? A magnificent tree of invasives, illustrating the bounty of invasive species on the West Coast and how they need to be managed. As for Lent\u2019s students, they clearly got the message.<\/p>\n
One of Lent\u2019s eighth graders told her, \u201cI\u00a0have realized what an impact invasive species has on people\u2019s day-to-day lives, and how if we don\u2019t change or add some rules\/laws, we are going to have, if not already, a very serious problem.\u201d<\/p>\n
The invasives tree is only one example of Lent\u2019s creativity in the classroom. To read more, go here<\/a>, where you can find Lent\u2019s interview and more teacher features.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Heidi Lent is a teacher overflowing with creativity. For starters, she teaches a class called Math, Art and Nature, where she combines all three topics to enrich her students\u2019 learning experience. \u201cFor me, my philosophy is integration of subjects, getting … Continue reading