Educator Spotlights

Lorraine Mann has been teaching at Prescott Elementary School for fourteen years, bringing her enthusiastic do-it-yourself attitude to a new generation of students through hands-on learning projects and her opening of an outdoor Science Nature Area in the kindergarten’s playground .

One of Jennifer Sethasang’s favorite science memories from her childhood is when she used a two-liter bottle to grow different types of mold.  She remembers adding sausage, greens, even batteries to the soda bottle concoction to see what would grow and what new things would form. 

Connie Branson, a CRS member for the past three years, is a Lead Science Teacher at Lincoln Elementary School in Oakland.  We asked Connie some questions about her experiences with science, both in and out of the classroom.  She credits her natural interest as a child - and to this day - in science, nature, and experimenting for her incredible scientific experiences.