This first week of our semester went by so fast! For our first 412 Lab we were assigned a random topic to teach our classmates. This was such a great experience of learning hands on tasks like origami, chess, and tying a bowline knot.  My assignment for our lab was to teach our class about the parts of a castle in the middle ages. This was a super fun experience that tested my creative ability in Google Slides as well as my teaching skills since I only had 10 minutes to complete my objectives. I originally thought that this was a very abstract topic, but after breaking down the castle into its many pieces, I thought this seemed very familiar, like teaching ruminant anatomy.  This exercise related to what I know about learning and teaching. Students (a.k.a. our preservice educator peers) responded well to the hands on learning approach of the knot tying and origami. I was also able to incorporate being relatable to the students by explaining the postern gate by relating i...