I have 12+ years experience teaching both middle and high school students in New York State. I have also done enrichment programs with elementary school students. I am certified in science and special education grades 5-12. I am also working on my administrator certification as I have recently graduated with my Master's in School Building Leadership from Mercy College.
This lab guides students through 3 simple activities for a science class. Homeostasis or dynamic equilibrium as it is sometimes called is the major theme of this lab activity. There is a teacher answer key provided for the pre-lab questions and conclusion questions for the lab. The lab includes data tables and requires students to learn the basic skills of measuring their pulse and breathing rate.
homeostasis, regulation, feedback, hormone, body system, circulatory system, respiratory syst
Use this 17 item crossword puzzle to reinforce vocabulary in an intermediate level science classroom for an introductory unit on science. There is a student word bank and teacher answer key provided.
Hypothesis, Matter, Area, Measurement, Mass, Science, Gram, Variable, Unit, Meter, Research, Volume, Energy, Observation, Liter
Experiment, Technology, Microscope
This is a printable packet of notes about solutions and mixtures. Solubility is discussed from a standpoint of heterogeneous and homogeneous mixtures. Methods of mixture separation are also covered. Saturation point and solubility curves are included for student use. There are vocabulary words for students to define, wrap-up questions for student understanding, and an enrichment section. A teacher answer key is provided for the wrap up questions.
chemistry, mixture, solution, separate, so
Use this 1 page fill-in-the-blank or "cloze" worksheet to help students review and reinforce their knowledge of the nervous system. This is both a literacy and science learning activity that is appropriate for middle school students and lower level high school. There is a teacher answer key provided.
nerves, neuron, reflex, response, stimulus, sensory organ, brain, spinal cord, neurotransmitter
Use this worksheet to help your science students to reinforce and review their knowledge about the human reproductive system. This is a fill-in-the-blank worksheet that is also a literacy activity. There is a teacher answer key provided.
Asexual, sexual, reproduction, sperm, egg, sex cell, 23 chromosomes, uterus, testes, ovaries, external, internal, fertilization, differentiation, growth
Use this one page worksheet that is cloze (fill in the blank) dealing with basic science properties, equipment, and measurement. A teacher answer key is provided and there are word banks provided after each paragraph for students to choose from.
measurement, equipment, triple beam balance, volume, mass, density, graduated cylinder, regular shaped solid, irregularly shaped solid, metric ruler, physical property, chemical property
Use this worksheet to help students review their knowledge of the human digestive system. There is a word bank provided, where students will fill-in-the-blank. There is a teacher key provided.
digestion, absorption, nutrients, mouth, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, anus, enzyme, pancreas, gallbladder, chemical/physical digestion
Students will engage in some detective work in this lab, requiring them to identify the material of ten different cubes. The density is provided for each of the ten cubes on the lab worksheet and students are provided with the cubes. Their job is to measure the mass and volume of each cube and calculate the density. Next, they correctly place them in the box that matches the density that they calculated. NOTE - this lab requires a density cube set, which is a very useful set of materials in a
5th - 12th
Basic Principles, General Science, Physical Science
This is a comprehensive notes packet that covers the scientific method as well as some aspects of measurement and graphing. It contains questions in the margins for students to respond to, vocabulary to define, conclusion questions for understanding, and an enrichment section to challenge your students.
hypothesis, question, procedure, experiment, variable, test, conclusion, data, research, process, scientific method, measure, record, observation, inference
5th - 8th
Basic Principles, General Science, Physical Science
Use this comprehensive packet to help your late elementary to intermediate level students learn about the phases of the Moon and some other basic, related concepts of Earth Science. There is a reading, diagrams, vocabulary, multiple-choice, and extended response questions to guage understanding. There is a teacher key provided for all exercises.
Moon, phase of Moon, Moon cycle, gibbous, crescent, waxing, waning, first quarter, third quarter, new Moon, full Moon, Sun, reflect, orbit, gravity,
Use this hands-on lab activity to help your students understand the greenhouse effect. Students will investigate the temperature change in two jars (one open/one closed) over a 20 minute period when they are exposed to a source of light. There are pre-lab questions, an introduction containing explanations and key terms, data tables, and a conclusion section.
This quiz has both multiple choice and extended response questions all about energy for a K - 6 classroom. Topics covered include forms of energy, energy transformations, magnetism, and electricity as a major form of usable energy. There is a student answer sheet and teacher answer key available today.
sound, light, heat, temperature, thermometer, nuclear, mechanical, kinetic, potential, wind, solar, transformation, electricity, magnetism
K - 6th
Basic Principles, General Science, Physical Science
Use this 1 page worksheet to help your students review and learn the basics of the skeletal system. This is a fill-in-the-blank or "cloze" format. This can be considered an exercise in literacy as well as science. There is a teacher answer key provided.
bone, marrow, mineral, calcium, adult, child, fuse, movement, muscle, blood
This is a packet of notes that is all about heat transfer. The concepts of conduction, convection, and radiation are covered as well as the laws of conservation of energy and matter. There are questions for students to respond to in the margins, vocabulary to define, wrap up questions, and an enrichment section. This packet comes with a teacher answer key and it is appropriate for late middle school or early high school students.
radiation, convection, conduction, heat, energy, matter, conse
This is a 59 question quiz (feel free to have students pick and choose a specified number of questions to answer from the 59) all about energy; it is appropriate for middle school students. There are both multiple choice and extended response/graphing questions. There is a student answer sheet and teacher answer key provided.
electricity, magnetism, sound, light, heat, temperature, thermometer, potential, kinetic, energy, wind, solar, Sun, transformation, vibrations, calories, nutrients, re
5th - 8th
Basic Principles, General Science, Physical Science
Use this 40 page packet to guide you through a unit on magnetism for elementary school children and/or middle schoolers. There are 9 hands on lessons, with lesson plans, worksheets, helpful diagrams/pictures, and answer keys.
magnetism, electromagnet, electromagnetism, force, dipole magnet, magnetic field, field lines, iron filings, motion, electricity, Earth, North Pole, South Pole, compass, magnetic domain, needle, attraction, repulsion, attract, repel
Use this 1 page worksheet to help students review and apply knowledge of the circulatory system. This is a fill in the blank worksheet where students choose the appropriate word for each blank in the paragraph. This activity reinforces literacy skills in science. There is a teacher answer key provided.
Heart, lungs, blood, arteries, veins, oxygen, carbon dioxide, transport, circulate, pump
Use this lab activity to reinforce concepts of predator-prey relationships in the science classroom that is learning about ecology. Students create data tables that are used to create a line graph. There are conclusion questions that require students to analyze the graph and reflect on limiting factors. There is a teacher answer key provided.
limiting factor predator prey line graph dependent variable independent variable data table population water food nutrients
Super Science
Use this eleven item crossword puzzle in your intermediate level science classroom to help your students learn about phase changes and states of matter. There is a word bank provided and answer key as well for ease of use.
solid, liquid, gas, molecule, freezing, melting, deposition, sublimation, boiling, evaporation, condensation
This is a hands-on measurement lab for either middle or high school students. This lab requires students to use science equipment to determine what percent of the apple that they eat. It contains a teacher answer key/guide.
percents, percent error, mass, volume, measurement, science lab, triple beam balance
4th - 12th
Basic Principles, General Science
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Experience
I have 12+ years experience teaching both middle and high school students in New York State. I have also done enrichment programs with elementary school students. I am certified in science and special education grades 5-12. I am also working on my administrator certification as I have recently graduated with my Master's in School Building Leadership from Mercy College.
Teaching style
I like to combine the sentiments of Gardner's multiple intelligence theory with the constructivist theory of Twomey.
Awards & shining teacher moments
Member Golden Key National Honor Society
Graduated top 10% of high school class
Graduated top 10% of PSU
My own education history
Pennsylvania State University - 2001 B.S. in Psychology with Biological Sciences Option.
Manhattanville College - 2005 - M.A.T. for Science (5 - 9) and (7 - 12).
Certified Biology grades (5 - 12), Students with Disabilities (7 - 12)
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Member Orange County Chapter of NY State Archaeologial Association
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