Becoming Scientists
Pioneer Valley Regional School District

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This unit was developed by an instructional team over the course of the 2003-2004 school year and then adopted by additional teachers. The technology integration component was based on a model project developed and implemented by Mary Leyden and Marie McConnell in a third grade classroom at Bernardston Elementary. In the model project students used temperature and pH probes in a study of the Connecticut River during the 2002-2003 school year.

Teachers who developed and implemented the unit at Bernardston Elementary School, Pioneer Valley:

Mary Leyden - Technology Integration Specialist
Marge Bruno - Teacher, Grade Four
Chris Hershiser - Teacher's Aide, Grade Four

Teachers at Newton School, Greenfield, who adopted the project:

Karen Rogenski - Teacher, Grade Four
Ann Valentine - Teacher, Grade Four

Email:      leydenm@pioneervalley.k12.ma.us

Staff who assisted in developing and implementing the unit:

Wendy Abramson - Librarian, Bernardston Elementary School