
I have one hour and 5 minutes left in my audiobook and my wish is to be done wrapping and I bed with my jolabokaflood by then.

I have one hour and 5 minutes left in my audiobook and my wish is to be done wrapping and I bed with my jolabokaflood by then.
You can use this book in the classroom to show students how math connects to real life and why sticking with something matters. It‘s also good for talking about strong role models and encouraging kids, especially girls, to feel confident in math.
it is an inspiring story that shows how Katherine Johnson used her love of math to help NASA. It‘s easy for students to understand and a great book for teaching perseverance and problem-solving
“Katherine loved to count. She counted everything.”
“Katherine yearned to know as much as she could about numbers, about the universe – about everything!”
This would be a good supplement for students when they are doing a research project in your classroom.

#HaikuADay #HaikuHive
Today‘s haiku is inspired by this picture of the moon I took on Monday night. A waxing crescent moon signifies new beginnings, setting intentions & growth. 🌙
Waxing crescent moon
Glowing softly in the night
New beginnings bloom
The good: there is some interesting information about the Soviet space programme.
The bad: the author is deeply, deeply biased against the Soviets. He can't admit that they ever did a single thing right.
Also, he snidely dismisses Wally Funk's space flight in a paragraph in which he gets the facts wrong. He claims she was below the threshold (the Kármán line, 100km), but Blue Origin peaked at 107 and WAS above the Kármán line.
This... is very anti-Russian, in a way that feels like being anti-Russian is a principle for him. Like I get their space programme was an omnishambles, but there's just this air of total contempt about it that doesn't feel limited to hatred of incompetence. Not sure if I will finish it.

Thanks to @Chelsea.Poole for this excellent #AuldLangSpyne recommendation: a brief but deep book about six astro/cosmonauts from various countries circling the globe together in 24 hours. It‘s a wonderful exploration of bridging cultural differences, with awareness of how connected we are on this tiny planet. Harvey poetically explores big issues and personal pain, in the life of one astronaut and an incident on Earth that none were connected to.