Jennifer Williams

What curious child hasn't wondered how the magicians in Bartholomew and the Oobleck created that sticky green goo or how Tomie dePaola's clever Strega Nona makes pasta dance? Asking questions and making observations across academic disciplines is a critical skill for students today. In Oobleck, Slime & Dancing Spaghetti: Twenty Terrific At-Home Science Experiments Inspired by Favorite Children's Books, Presidential Award-Winning elementary science teacher Williams has created an imaginative and informative handbook for parents who want to share the joys of discovery with their children and teachers who want to move their classes towards the rich rewards of cross-curricular exploration; she will demonstrate several fun experiments during her session at the Festival's Children's Demonstration & Activity Tent at 11th & Congress. Williams teaches Elementary Science at the Isidore Newman School in New Orleans. She has won the Presidential Award for Teaching and has been named Louisiana's Outstanding Elementary Science Teacher, among many other awards. Oobleck Slime & Dancing Spaghetti is based on her curriculum that has been wildly popular with educators and students. Jennifer is a Teacher Leader for the National Geographic Society's Jason Project, where she trains other instructors in hands-on, cross-curricular learning, and she is the author of many articles for Instructor magazine.

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