Chuck Downing

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San Diego, California, United States

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I have 31 years of experience teaching high school biology, AP Biology, and integrated science. I have eight years of experience teaching General Education Biology at Point Loma Nazarene University.

Science Stories with a Meaning: Lorel Sochet in Sanguinity-Human Circulation

The Greenhouse Gas Collection: 3 Integrated Labs and a Performance Assessment

Human Body World- A Cooperative Investigation of Human Anatomy and Physiology

Selling Science: Catalogs-3 Student-generated Catalogs to Sell Biology Concepts

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4 Academic Skills Students Need & One Strategy YOU Can Employ to Help Build Them

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Chuck Downing

There are four academic strategies that are, in some combination or iteration, common to all successfully implemented, long-lasting educational reforms. 1. Communication 2. Collaboration 3. Creativity 4. Critical Thinking This report focuses on defining and describing each of those academic skills and providing one strategy you can use, as a teacher or parent, with your students for each academic skill to encourage building—use of and improvement in—each skill.

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Infusing (Critical) Thinking Into [Science] Lessons

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Originally written in 1996 and targeted primarily at science classrooms, this revised article explains why critical thinking is important in all classrooms. Teachers of all grades and content areas will find tips to help them help students become better critical thinkers. In addition to describing factors involved in the critical thinking process, it discusses why each aspect of critical thinking must be addressed for a successful implementation. Also included are examples of activities--and s

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Experience

I have 31 years of experience teaching high school biology, AP Biology, and integrated science. I have eight years of experience teaching General Education Biology at Point Loma Nazarene University.

Teaching style

Students in my classes think. I provide guidelines and they do the work they need to do to learn.

Awards & shining teacher moments

San Diego County Teacher of the Year Christa McAuliffe Fellowship Presidential Award for Science and Mathematics Teaching

My own education history

B.S. in Biological Sciences - San Diego State University MA in Education - University of Redlands Ph.D. in Science Education - Walden University

Additional biographical information

I have six lab/activity products marketed by Science Kit and Wards Biology. I have two lab/activity books (Cranial Creations) published by J. Weson Walch, Publishers. People's Education publishes: AP* Biology: Inquiry-Based Lab Investigations and Activities with Critical Thinking and Writing Skills. My first Science Fiction novel, "Traveler's HOTL," is published by Koehler Books. I am married with two outstanding sons and one adorable granddaughter. I retired from full-time teaching in June of 2012.