Super Saturday Science for Wet Cement Kids

Through a grant from the 3M corporation, twelve preservice teachers were paired with twelve experienced mentor teachers to develop lessons for twelve Saturdays for science in the Frogtown neighborhood in St. Paul. The teams met for one week in the summer of 2001 to visit such resources as the Children’s Museum and the Science Museum of Minnesota then to develop the lessons.

The following St. Paul schools were involved:

Capitol Hill
Galtier
Jackson
J.J. Hill
Maxfield
Webster
The following were the authors of the lessons:

Mentors	Preservice Teachers
Julie Stitt	Jen DeBoer
Joan Wylie	Sara Geisler
Jane Swanson	Kara Peterson
Jean Forrest	Lynette Hagerla
Jeni Hilton	Heidi Anderson
Lori Forkner	Heidi Hanson
Linda Becker	Andrea Rens
Amy Tix	Stacey Boling
Angie Petit	Sherri Peterson
Evelyn Mustanski	Emily Andren
Teri Jensen	Marisa Martinson
Polly Williamson	Kim Jenkins

Additional lessons were provided during the 2002-2003 year by Meredith Jonswold, Sarah Sedlak, Sarah Sixta, Jen Wagner, Elizabeth Guditis, and Lynette Hagerla.
Grant Coordinator:
Patricia Paulson, Associate Professor of Science Education, Bethel College
Faculty Support:
Mary Hammond, Assistant Professor of Education
Sandi Horn, Associate Professor of Education
Linda Probert, Assistant Professor of Education
Nancy Vall, Professor of Educaion