I incorporate my experiences as a medical doctor, middle school science teacher, and college chemistry and anatomy professor to create resources that ignite students' innate sense of curiosity while saving teachers valuable time and energy.
This resource comes on Pear Deck Interactive Slides and Google Slides.Pear Deck is integrated with Immersive Reader, which allows students to translate the information into the language of their choice. There is also a text reader function (both in English and in most translated languages). This lesson is based on the true life story of a young boy named Abraham who was found unconscious by medical students outside of their medical clinic in a small village in Ethiopia.
In this problem-based lesson, students become doctors in a cardiology clinic working to diagnose three patients who have congenital heart defects. Each patient is "seen" in a one-minute video interaction with their doctor, where their symptoms, exam findings, and test results are reviewed. Students will then explore the lesson on how to examine the heart, the different types of congenital heart defects, and their associated symptoms. Students will use higher-order thinking as they practice their
This is a student-paced lesson where students become doctors trying to diagnose three patients. After learning about their patients' symptoms, they explore frontotemporal disorders. Students can work alone or in small groups. After diagnosing their patients, they will practice their Claim-Evidence-Reasoning skills and then use the method of their choice to educate one of the patients on their disease. For students needing translation into another language, I recommend the Pear Deck version, whic
6th - 9th
Biology, Health, Science
CCSS, NGSS
RI.6.1
, RI.6.7
, W.6.1
+2
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Experience
I incorporate my experiences as a medical doctor, middle school science teacher, and college chemistry and anatomy professor to create resources that ignite students' innate sense of curiosity while saving teachers valuable time and energy.
Teaching style
Problem-based and project-based learning. Student-driven instruction, differentiated by interest and need.
My own education history
BS in Biology, MD, M Ed
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