Katelyn Day

Educator | Communicator | Science Enthusiast

Welcome!

This website is dedicated to my teaching practice. Learn more about me, my teaching philosophy and browse examples of my work. If you have any questions don’t hesitate to reach out!

Glimpse into my Classroom

  • Students sitting at a bench outside, hands-on, folding and shaping pieces of tin foil to construct small boats.
    Engineering in Progress. The concentration is real as we build tin foil boats for our buoyancy test.
  • Hands placing handmade tin foil boats into a tub of water to test buoyancy.
    Testing buoyancy and design with our custom tin foil boats.
  • DIY water filtration systems made from cut plastic bottles layered with sand, gravel, and rocks.
    Can we use dirt and rocks to clean water? We made our own water filters to find out!
  • Front of a classroom with the schedule for the day projected on the board.
    Our Daily Roadmap: A clear and visible class schedule helps us navigate the day!
  • Pattern blocks arranged on a table, showing green triangles forming a yellow hexagon.
    Geometry meets art. Using triangles to compose hexagons and explore spatial relationships.
  • A growing geometric pattern created on a desk using red trapezoid math manipulatives.
    Visualizing algebraic thinking. A beautiful growing pattern created with trapezoids.
  • Youth playing roller derby in a gym.
    When I’m not teaching math or science, you can find me coaching at the local Roller Derby league.
  • Coaches talking to Jr Roller Derby players.
    So proud to volunteer with this amazing group of skaters.
  • A classroom wall displaying a world map connected to strings of flags representing students' countries of origin.
    A snapshot of our global community. Flags mark the many countries our students call home.
  • A student's hand on a mouse, focused on a computer screen running the Scratch block-coding interface.
    Future developers at work! Using Scratch to bring digital games to life.
  • A whiteboard displaying student work from an unplugged coding activity
    No screens required! Building computational thinking skills with an “unplugged” coding challenge.
  • An art piece featuring a student's name written in the center, surrounded by colorful concentric rings
    Where identity meets geometry. Creating concentric circle patterns rooted in our own names.
  • Me standing in a classroom in Thailand, teaching students about Canada.
    Volunteering in Thailand and sharing the Canadian essentials: winter coats and poutine!
  • Student colouring a 2SLGBTQ+ Pride flag
    Proud to support inclusivity and safe spaces as a volunteer for the school’s Rainbow Club.
  • Microscope in classroom
    Water may look clear but is it clean? Taking a microscopic look at our lake water.
  • A sequence of four progressively larger green leaves
    Finding patterns in nature.
  • A classroom bulletin board proudly displaying various student handwriting and composition projects.
    Celebrating student voices. We take pride in displaying our latest writing projects for everyone to see.
  • A wooden boardwalk path winding through a lush green forest during a field trip.
    The classroom isn’t always indoors. Exploring the boardwalk during a visit to Forest School.
  • Close-up of hands striking a flint and steel tool to create sparks for a fire.
    Sparking curiosity literally! Mastering the art of flint and steel during outdoor education.
  • A bulletin board covered in student self-portraits drawn to look like Lego minifigures.
    Mini-Me! Student self-portraits drawn in the iconic LEGO Minifigure style.
  • A close-up of a high-tech sewing machine automatically embroidering a design in a university Education Makerspace.
    Tech is Magic! Using the Makerspace embroidery machine to stitch patterns automatically.
  • Teachers standing in a university Makerspace presenting a piece of technology-enhanced art.
    Sharing what we’ve learned! Presenting a tech-integrated art project to colleagues in the Education Makerspace.
  • Lego robotics blocks, and an open laptop with the coding blocks open.
    Lifelong Learner! Upgrading my skills by learning to code Lego robotics in Teachers College.
  • Stucture built out of straws and tape supports an apple.
    How can we make a structure that is both tall and stable?
  • Me standing next to a large poster board presentation about the accessibility features of Immersive Reader software.
    Accessibility Matters: Presenting my poster on Immersive Reader at our technology fair.
  • Student artwork depicting Lake Ontario aquatic life inside a circular "porthole" frame.
    Blending science and art to explore local aquatic species.
  • A preserved Round Goby fish specimen in a jar for classroom observation.
    Getting an up-close look at the Round Goby and other Great Lakes specimens.
  • A group of young adults (Science Communication interns) standing outside the Big Nickel monument in Sudbury, Ontario.
    The whole crew! With my fellow Science Communication interns posing outside the Big Nickel in Sudbury.
  • The a collegue wearing a hard hat and safety gear standing deep inside a dark, lit nickel mine tunnel.
    Exploring deep beneath Sudbury as part of my Science Communication internship tour of a real nickel mine.
  • A close-up of a beaded bracelet with color patterns representing a specific DNA sequence.
    The code of life! Creating bracelets that model a real segment of DNA sequence.
  • The author brushing sand off a fake dinosaur fossil in a large sand box.
    Who says the sandbox is only for kids!? Science centers are my happy place.

My Learning Journey

Personal Education Philosophy
Artefact Portfolio
Professional Development

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