Bringing an interactive experience to the classroom

SEELEY LAKE - New Seeley-Swan High School science teacher Gretchen Watkins hopes to keep her students engaged for the 2021-2022 school year.

"I try to be as interactive as possible," she wrote in an email. "I find most students learn science best if they can be a part of ... doing the activities that we are learning about."

She will be teaching all grades in earth and space science, biology and chemistry classes.

Watkins has a broadfield certification for secondary science in Montana. She also received a Bachelor of Science degree in biology from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1997 and Ma...