TEACHER'S CORNER: SCIENCE A HANDS-ON, MINDS-ON ACTIVITY

Frogs, worms and such don't scare Lori Fritsche a bit.

Fritsche, who works at L.J. Schultz School, deals with animals and students daily in her role as a seventh-grade science teacher.

This is Fritsche's first year as a teacher. She said she enjoys engaging students in "hands-on, minds-on activities."

"Science is a very easy subject to incorporate activities that the students can touch, smell and see," she said. "This year, the seventh grade will be dissecting frogs and worms, designing an escape plan for their homes in case of an earthquake and designing an element brochure using their choice of element."

She said she became a teacher because she had positive experiences with teachers as a child. "There were many positive role models in the schools that encouraged me to be the best that I could be," she said. "I, in turn, hope to be one of those positive role models to the students that I teach and coach."

In her free time, Fritsche enjoys coaching, running and playing basketball. She attends Trinity Lutheran Church.