Observation Notes:
Franklin Sames and his team of 8th grade science
students from Portland’s Lincoln Middle School were
wildly efficient data collectors. They had to be. Their
schedule allowed them 15 minutes to walk to their Baxter
Woods study site, 15 minutes to collect their data, and
15 minutes to race back with skirts flowing, flip flops
flapping, and bones shivering against the October chill.
Teams of students took responsibility for different tasks,
measurements, and species. They did it, and they did it
really well.
