High school chemistry teacher Scott Byrum found a brilliant way to
catch the attention of his students. When it was time to renovate his
classroom, he made vinyl letters and numbers and attached them to the
tiles of his drop ceiling. When arranged properly, they formed the
periodic table of elements. It got just the effect that Byrum was
looking for:
“My students love it,” Byrum says of his new ceiling. “It
makes them feel more connected to my instruction.” The artwork is also
an instant conversation starter. “Even faculty members, when they walk
in and see it,” want to talk about it, he says.
Byrum no longer worries about his students daydreaming in class. When
their minds start to wander, and they look up at the ceiling, well,
there’s the periodic table. “Even though they may be daydreaming,
they’re daydreaming science,” he says.
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