Here Is The Proof

Posted Nov 15, 2006 by Vidisha Priyanka

Updated Nov 15, 2006 at 01:59 PM

Photos by Linda Gonzalez

By RICK MAYER
The Tampa Tribune

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Rick Mayer, a copy editor at The Tampa Tribune, talks about newspapers with Linda Gonzalez’s second-grade class at Dale Mabry Elementary during the Great American Teach-In on Wednesday, Nov. 15.

Mayer created a pretend front page with the students’ pictures and a news story about the class. The students learned about the five W’s of reporting (who, what, where, when, why), then created their own news story. Photo by Linda Gonzalez. 

 

Students in Linda Gonzalez’s second-grade class at Dale Mabry Elementary School read a pretend front page of The Tampa Tribune during a discussion about newspapers. 

Rick Mayer, a copy editor at The Tampa Tribune, created the newspaper page and answered questions about the roles of reporters, editors and photographers.

He was visiting the class as part of The Great American Teach-In on Wednesday, Nov. 15. 

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It is All About Heart At Dale Mabry Elementary

Posted Nov 15, 2006 by Vidisha Priyanka

Updated Nov 15, 2006 at 01:42 PM

By Rick Mayer
The Tampa Tribune

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Madison Flowers, a second-grader at Dale Mabry Elementary School, pretends she’s the heart during a demonstration of the circulatory system during the Great American Teach-In on Wednesday Nov 15.

The demonstration, on the school pavilion, was planned by Martha Mayer, a registered nurse at Tampa General Hospital. Mayer drew a pretend circulatory system with chalk and tape on the basketball court, and the children acted as parts of the body, including lungs, hearts, blood, oxygen, white blood cells, platelets, etc.

The students then walked through the “body” to learn how things work. Flowers and the other students are in Charlene Helsel’s second-grade class.

Martha Mayer, a nurse at Tampa General Hospital, explains how the circulatory system works to students in Charlene Helsel’s second-grade class at Dale Mabry Elementary School during the Great American Teach-In on Wednesday Nov. 15.

Mayer drew a pretend circulatory system with chalk and tape on the basketball court, and the children acted as parts of the body, including lungs, hearts, blood, oxygen, white blood cells, platelets, etc. The students then walked through the “body” to learn how things work.

Second-graders in Charlene Helsel’s class at Dale Mabry Elementary School pretend they are part of the circulatory system during a demonstration for the Great American Teach-In on Wednesday Nov. 15.

The demonstration, on the school pavilion, was planned by Martha Mayer, a registered nurse at Tampa General Hospital. Mayer drew a pretend circulatory system with chalk and tape on the basketball court, and the children acted as parts of the body, including lungs, hearts, blood, oxygen, white blood cells, platelets, etc.

The students then walked through the “body” to learn how things work.

 

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Busy Times At Mrs. Wiles’ Class In Wimauma

Posted Nov 15, 2006 by Vidisha Priyanka

Updated Nov 15, 2006 at 01:30 PM

By KAREN BRANCH-BRIOSO
The Tampa Tribune

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11:50 a.m., Wimauma:

It’s been a busy two days for Mrs. Chantel Wiles’ third-grade class at Wimauma Elementary. During the Great American Teach-In, they’ve heard from Tampa police officer Robert VanEtten, from medical equipment technician Philip Allen, who works at Brandon Regional Hospital, and a reporter from the Tampa Tribune—yours truly, Karen Branch-Brioso.

The first two must have made a big impression. Out of the 18 students, 13 want to be either a police officer or want to work in the medical field. The props must have played a role.

Allen, the medical technician, handed out latex surgical gloves to all of the students during his presentation—and most were still wearing the gloves long after they heard from him.

Sandra, 8, was one of nine students from Mrs. Wiles’ class who said they wanted to be in the medical profession: “I would like to be a nurse, because you get to look at X-rays. And you get to wear stuff and have to change your clothes a lot—because of the germs.”

Devan, 8, wants to be a doctor: “I want to save lives like him,” Devan said as he displayed his white surgical gloves during the interview. “He can take X-rays of people’s hearts.”

But Alejandro, 8, wants to follow in VanEtten’s footsteps: “I want to be a cop because you get a car and you get to arrest people.”

Alex, 9, concurs with that sentiment. He wants to be a police officer “so I can stop people.”

And Jalynn, 8, likes the future props that come with being a police officer: “You get to have cool stuff, like taser guns and flashlights.”

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From Crestwood

Posted Nov 15, 2006 by Vidisha Priyanka

Updated Nov 17, 2006 at 07:20 PM

Mrs. Youngblood and Ms. Moore’s second graders at Crestwood Elementary.

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Helicopters Get All The Attention

Posted Nov 15, 2006 by Vidisha Priyanka

Updated Nov 15, 2006 at 12:50 PM

By JUDD CHAPIN and PAUL LAMISON
News Channel 8

News Channel 8 helicopter pilot Judd Chapin talks to a group of sixth grade students at Turkey Creek Middle School for the Great American Teach In as they walk around EAGLE 8, the news helicopter.

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