ChronicleOnline: Students, teachers swap roles for a day … for science!

Students, teachers swap roles for a day … for science!

Some Marion County teachers spent Friday being taught by students Sydney Bodden, Zach Cain and Alyssa Farrington at the Citrus County Schools Marine Science Center. The morning was spent in an outdoor classroom and the afternoon on a boat on King’s Bay.

By Cheri Harris

CRYSTAL RIVER — When do playing with modeling clay and poker chips turn into a scientific exercise?

When students are in charge of the lesson plans.

A group of 12 Marion County educators came to the Marine Science Station last week for a short retreat and in-service with a group of Academy of Environmental Science 11th-grade students serving as instructors.

The program included two engaging, low-budget activities that demonstrate scientific principles.

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