Dr Ed
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Georgia, United States
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I am certified to teach high school math and chemistry. I have taught high school algebra and geometry as well as college chemistry. I have B.S. and Ph.D. degrees in chemistry. Much of my professional career has been as a research scientist; however, I have extensive outreach experience. I am known as "Dr. Ed" at my daughters' elementary school, where I often visit. My science videos were featured as part of a summer program on the Pensacola News Journal's website, and I have Youtube videos on making and using red cabbage indicator.
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Elementary Soil Science (free for a limited time)
This unit on soil science contains a 16-page student section that covers soil components (clay, sand, and silt, loam, humus, soil texture (including the texture triangle), soil horizons, and movement of water through soil. Five discovery labs are embedded within the student hand-out: (1) soil make-up (visual inspection), (2) describing soil (by feel and settling), (3) the ribbon test for clay content (including an adapted method for small hands), (4) separating sand, silt, and clay by sedimenta
3rd - 5th
Earth Sciences, Engineering, Environment
Telling time - standardized test practice
This worksheet (two sides) gives practice for converting analog clock face time to digital time. Each of the 24 problems has four choices. Students circle the correct choice. The clocks are modeled after standardized test sample questions to give students extra practice with clocks whose minute hands do not extend past the numerals. This is a basic black and white worksheet designed to be photocopied for class use.
2nd - 4th
Math
Standardized test practice - 3rd grade FCAT math
I wrote this test for my daughter's 3rd grade class. It is intended to be used as a practice FCAT exam for math. It contains 52 multiple choice questions covering time, money, number facts, patterns, fractions, combinatorics, and basic geometry.
3rd
Math, Math Test Prep
Kindergarten states of matter
I have used this set of worksheets and activities with my daughter's kindergarten class. It teaches science with a mix of hands-on and written work, gives handwriting practice, and exposes students to different question types. The lesson can be completed in 1-2 hours with additional follow-up work using activity centers.
K - 1st
Basic Principles, General Science, Physical Science
Phases of the moon
This is a complete packet for teaching phases of the moon. It includes several worksheets: word search, completion (fill-in-the-blank), short answer, and matching. It also includes a test with several question types. The main teaching tool is a diagram showing how and why the moon's phases arise. Another diagram shows the phases of earth as viewed from a new moon or full moon. Three worksheets are based on completing the lunar phases diagram. All are provided in black and white to use as photoco
3rd - 5th
Astronomy, Science
Patterns practice test - 3rd grade FCAT math
These problems are for intensive practice or remediation on pattern recognition and application of geometric or number patterns to problem solving. There are 10 problems intended to be worked in a timed setting of 24 minutes. Each problem has four choices. The problems are designed to mirror difficulty and complexity consistent with the 3rd grade FCAT math test.
3rd
Math Test Prep, Other (Math)
Gut Reaction
Gut Reaction is a game that teaches about the alimentary canal or digestive system. The game board files are printed onto two 11 x 17 sheets and put together. Students roll a die to advance through the alimentary canal. As they progress, they land on spaces that require them to draw question cards and answer a question about an organ, function, or process. Wrong answers move them backwards and right answers move them forwards. By going through the game, students learn facts about digestion, orga
4th - 6th
Anatomy
Yellow fever & Teddy Bodain: from mosquitoes to immunity
This unit was designed to accompany Melissa Forney's The Astonishing Adventure of Teddy Bodain. It includes materials that can be tailored for the time, rigor, complexity, and learning objectives. It is intended to segue from the story into the science and history surrounding yellow fever, capitalizing on the student interest in the novel. It includes a timeline of yellow fever vaccine development, short lesson on yellow fever (including mosquitoes and the virus), map of outbreaks in the U.S., i
3rd - 6th
Biology, Geography, Health
Number fact math drills
This spreadsheet will let you print out 100 math fact problems. Let your students practice arithmetic as a matter of daily or weekly routine with rote drill problems created on the fly using the spreadsheet random number generated. All you have to do is set a few parameters and print. You can generate addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division exercises. Subtraction sheets let you control the minuend and subtrahend. Division sheets let you control the dividend, divisor, or base your pro
2nd - 5th
Arithmetic, Basic Operations, Math
Halloween Haiku
Teach your students how to write a modern haiku in six easy steps. The sheet contains an example of a traditional (5-7-5) haiku and a modern haiku. Both examples are fall-themed. With all the food and fun activities of fall (especially Halloween's sights and sounds), haiku is an obvious choice for a short creative writing exercise.
4th - 6th
Creative Writing, Poetry, Writing
Halloween Haiku
Teach your students how to write a modern haiku in six easy steps. The sheet contains an example of a traditional (5-7-5) haiku and a modern haiku. Both examples are fall-themed. With all the food and fun activities of fall (especially Halloween's sights and sounds), haiku is an obvious choice for a short creative writing exercise.
4th - 6th
Creative Writing, Poetry, Writing
Working through states of matter: solids, liquids, and gases
This unit on states of matter is designed to push students to integrate other science knowledge. Use of common home items helps to increase familiarity. Solids are taught with the addition of angle of repose, and reproducible protractors are included to enable measurements in the classroom. Students are given a checklist approach to help with confusing materials, such as baby powder. Lesson sheets lay out the material and worksheets follow the lessons. Individual worksheets are designed so that
4th - 6th
Basic Principles, Chemistry, Physical Science
Fractions practice - reducing to lowest terms
This series of three worksheets is designed to help students learn to reduce fractions to lowest terms. It uses realistic word problems and pictures to represent various fractions not in lowest terms and to help show the equivalence. It demonstrates equivalence of small-denominator fractions (sixteenths, eighths, quarters, halves) using a bar broken into congruent portions. It contains worked examples and problems for students to work on their own. It can be used as remediation or enrichment. Pr
3rd - 5th
Basic Operations, Fractions, Math Test Prep
Clock spreadsheet (Excel)
This spreadsheet will allow the teacher to display two analog clock faces and is excellent for teaching how to tell time. With two juxtaposed clock faces, students can compare and contrast times with interchanged hands, such as 12:30 and 6:00 or 9:30 and 6:45. The hour hand is correctly positioned as the minute hand is advanced. The spreadsheet will permit clock arithmetic so that 3:90 will be displayed as 4:30 on the clock faces. If desired, the teacher can copy the images and embed them in oth
2nd - 4th
Instructional Technology, Math, Other (Math)
Teddy Bodain geography and math
This unit is based on The Astonishing Journey of Teddy Bodain. It includes geography worksheets, a map, and applied math exercises (word problems). The geography lesson includes locating cities and determining distances. A lesson on interstate and U.S. highways is also included with a worksheet. A list of activities and projects is provided. Word problems include opportunities to use websites for reference. Students are asked to calculate distances, fuel consumption, and fuel cost for a driving
3rd - 6th
Applied Math, Decimals, Geography
Spelling practice - 2nd grade
This packet contains crossword puzzles and word searches for unit 1 lessons 1-5 for second grade spelling words used currently in Escambia County, Florida. The crossword puzzles are designed to help students learn the concepts that go into crossword puzzles so that they might make their own eventually. In addition to the at-level words, there are "challenge" words for stronger students. These words involve additional suffixes, singular/plural, compounds, or contractions. There are crossword puzz
2nd
Spelling
Lesson notes for teaching phases of the moon
This packet contains notes for teaching the phases of the moon. It is intended to be a companion with other lesson materials available through TPT. It includes several activities and identifies problem areas that the teacher should emphasize to ensure student learning.
3rd - 5th
Astronomy, Science
Distributive axiom through geometric patterns
The distributive axiom can seem rather abstract to elementary students, so teaching it through concrete geometric patterns can help to clarify the concept. In these slides, the distributive axiom is approached by treating the multiplier as the number of rows or columns and chopping the line of objects (multiplicand) into two groups (addends). It allows students to see where the addition and the multiplication come into play, and it relates the distributed math problem to the undistributed one. I
3rd - 5th
Algebra, Arithmetic, Math
Distributive axiom applications
The distributive axiom is the basis for the multiplication algorithm involving factors with multiple digits, and it is also the fastest way to do mental math. While it is increasingly added to elementary math texts, the coverage is often sketchy, misplaced, and poorly integrated. In addition, no obvious reason is given for learning it. This slide set is designed to help walk students through steps needed to use the distributive axiom of multiplication with respect to addition. It also covers whe
3rd - 5th
Algebra, Arithmetic, Math
Santa Multiplication and Division Review
This is a worksheet designed to review the times tables for 2, 3, 4, and 5 and division facts for 3, 4, and 5. It requires students to convert simple word problems into number facts. Problems are grouped by the table. It is best used as a review or study guide.
3rd - 4th
Arithmetic, Basic Operations, Other (Math)
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About the store
Experience
I am certified to teach high school math and chemistry. I have taught high school algebra and geometry as well as college chemistry. I have B.S. and Ph.D. degrees in chemistry. Much of my professional career has been as a research scientist; however, I have extensive outreach experience. I am known as "Dr. Ed" at my daughters' elementary school, where I often visit. My science videos were featured as part of a summer program on the Pensacola News Journal's website, and I have Youtube videos on making and using red cabbage indicator.
Teaching style
I believe in extensive experiential learning. However, I also believe we teach by showing, modeling, and explaining. We have to give students opportunities to make mistakes so we can find their errors and we have to let them puzzle over problems so they are ready for answers. I have bits of Montessori, humanist, and constructivist in my style. I believe that writing across the curriculum is critically important and should begin as soon as students can read and write. I like project-based learning, but I believe it needs to be structured and guided so that it does not turn into a craft project.
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