Something new I did this year was to offer my students a little extra credit opportunity during the month of December. I was inspired by some ideas I saw online to give students the chance to create a biology themed Christmas tree ornament. I really didn't feel that I had time in class to make this a class project, so I decided to offer extra credit to any student who took the initiative to make an ornament outside of class. To make it a little more fun, I brought in a small artificial tree that was in our basement at home and decorated it with an extra string of lights. I made a small star for the top and told the students that any ornaments that were turned in would be placed on our classroom Biolo-Tree.
The assignment was presented to students the first day we returned from Thanksgiving break, December 3, and they were given until the last day before winter break, December 20, to complete the ornaments. At first, the ornaments were a bit slow coming in, but this past week has seen a rush of them! Some are large, some small, but every one made me smile, especially since it was not a required assignment. I took a picture of each ornament to share here:
Lastly, here are a few pictures of the tree decorated with all the ornaments.
Happy Holidays!
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