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I enjoyed Ingrid Waldron's AM session. There was a lot of information about the human heart structure. I worried that we would be tested on the information, but it turned out to be less intimidating. I liked her graphics and I would like those exact charts for my classroom. Of course I do not know yet if they're applicable because I haven't yet starting teaching at my new job. In Ingrid's lecture there were many terms that we reviewed, but in the inquiry lesson, much of that lecture content wasn't translated (in my opinion) to the hands-on lesson. In past years, the FOSS or STI science kits were a separate curriculum that I used as Guided Inquiry, to meet state standards. It wasn't like, let'slearn subject concepts, then let's do a related hands on inqiury. It was one or the other. Now I am going to a school where they prefer hands-on activities, but they also want me to teach content. So my goal will be to teach the content using published textbooks, and to incorporate inquiry that's directly connected to the content.