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 is a student centered lab that requires students to survey themselves and the class on 23 different genetic traits that are readily observable. This lab is designed to foster a better understanding of dominant and recessive traits as it pertains to heredity. It requires students to create a graph, fill in several data tables, and respond to conclusion questions. A punnett square is represented in the conclusion questions.
punnett square, genetics, heredity, trait, allele, gene, homozyg
Use this worksheet to coincide with the viewing of the movie The Day After Tomorrow during a unit of study on climate change. This fits well into either a Biology, Earth Science, or Chemistry Unit of study on climate change and global warming. Greenhouse gas emissions, carbon dioxide, polar melting, and ocean currents are discussed. There are pre-video activation questions, video questions, and post-video critical thinking questions. There is an answer key provided for ease of teacher use.
This product is a hands-on lab activity where students will build and test a balloon rocket to learn about speed, acceleration, momentum, friction, gravity, and air pressure. There are pre-lab and conclusion questions complete with an answer key for teachers. Students are required to use data tables, make predictions, make calculations, and create line graphs.
force, motion, Newton's 3 laws of motion, air pressure, gravity, friction, momentum, rocket, balloon, line graph, prediction, Isaac N
6th - 9th
Basic Principles, General Science, Physical Science
This is a Cloze (fill in the blank) worksheet to help middle school students review and assess their knowledge of forms of energy. Key terms are provided in the word bank for students to fill in the blanks - words inlcuded are renewable, oil, run, rate, fuels, geothermal, water, renewable, wind, hydroelectric, heat, light, mechanical, electricity, potential, bonds, form, atom, fall, chemical, roll, types, elastic, kinetic, size, around, transformed, distance, work, microscopic, used, forms. Th
This is a 2 page Cloze worksheet that gives an overview of the function of the nine major human body systems. Homeostasis is also mentioned and a comparison is drawn between multi-cellular and unicellular organisms using organs and organelles, respectively, to maintain homeostasis. A teacher answer key is provided.
systems, input, output, human body, respiratory, circulatory, digestive, immune, excretory, reproductive, endocrine, skeletal, muscular, homeostasis, dynamic equilibrium
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 lab to enhance and support your unit of study on nutrition and digestion in your middle or high school science class. Students are introduced to key terms and a general overview of how to read and interpret a nutrition label. There are pre-lab questions, lab exercises, and a teacher answer key.
carbohydrate, protein, fat, fiber, mineral, vitamin, calorie, nutrition, healthy, well-balanced diet
Use this worksheet as a resource to accompany a unit of study in science about genetics, heredity, evolution, DNA, and genetic engineering. Watch the movie Jurassic Park with your students and give them the worksheet as a guide. There are movie based questions to ensure the students follow along, as well as in-depth critical thinking questions, and some essay suggestions for enrichment that follow. A teacher answer key is provided.
Jurassic Park, dinosaurs, DNA, genetic engineering, cloning,
Use this worksheet to teach students about energy flow in food webs. Students will use the word bank to fill in the blank food web, labeling all consumers and producers.
Organisms in food web are Skunk Rabbit blossoms nuts Mice Red fox Deer Leaves
bees Bear Birds bark Wolf Toad
Blossoms Insects
Super Science
Use this 18 page packet as a resource to guide your students through a unit on the human body. There are sections devoted to all major human body systems, with definitions provided, and a group of conclusion questions at the end of the packet to assess student progress. There is a teacher answer key provided. The document includes helpful images.
respiratory system, digestive system, circulatory system, excretory system, endocrine system, hormone, gland, insulin, organ, tissue, nervous syste
This project is designed to help a class build and test a hot air balloon to learn about density, buoyancy, and the effects of heat on matter. This is a complete project packet that will walk both student and teacher through how to build and test a hot air balloon. This is a fun and exciting project that provides a class with a hand-on and project-based learning opportunity.
project based learning, hot air balloon, heat, density, buoyancy, expand, contract, molecule, particle motion, rise, f
Use this comprehensive lab guide to supervise a hands-on learning laboratory activity about the phases of the Moon. Students will use Oreo type cookies to make visual and tactile models of each Moon phase. All lab sections are contained as well as a teachers guide, lab analysis questions, and enrichment questions. All questions have an answer key. This lab is a lot of fun for students and can make the Moon phases a more lively, enjoyable experience.
Moon phase, Oreo cookie, modeling, waxin
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 document is a spreadsheet (7 pages) that has both prefixes and suffixes from A to Z that are science related. Use this worksheet to enhance your student understanding of language by requiring them to find and create words that use each prefix and suffix and define those words.
This is a notes packet that requires students to read, highlight, respond to questions, and define terms. It contains enrichment exercises and is designed to be a part of a thematic unit on density and buoyancy. This notes packet is has wrap up questions that follow as well as an enrichment section to challenge all learners. It is appropriate for middle and high school science students studying physics or chemistry. There is an answer key for teachers to use.
density, buoyancy, expand, cont
This is a 14 question quiz (multiple choice and extended response) about evolution. Topics covered include extinction, natural selection, and adaptations. There is a student answer sheet and TEACHER ANSWER KEY included. There also is a vocabulary sheet to distribute to struggling learners if necessary.
extinction, natural selection, adaptation, trait, characteristic, advantage, survival, reproduction, variety
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 ten page packet to guide your middle or high school class through the documentary entitled, Food, Inc. There are questions for each section of the movie, with built in discussion questions that focus on the issues that the movie raises about the food industry. All questions have a key at the end of the packet. In addition, there is an essay assignment in the packet and a concise grading rubric for the essay.
Food, Inc., nutrition, corn, soybean, high fructose corn syrup, cows, ch
This is appropriate assessment for 4 - 6 science class to discuss the negative impacts of human development in the environment. Students examine visual images of development and then describe any negative impacts they can imagine.
This is a cloze worksheet designed as a review sheet for the circulatory system. It is a fill in the blank sheet with a word bank. Topics covered include transport, circulatory, blood, heart, veins, arteries, oxygen, lungs, energy, carbon dioxide, atmosphere, capillaries, nutrients, small intestine, and heat. There is a word bank for student use and an ANSWER KEY for teacher use.
5th - 12th
Anatomy, Biology
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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)
Additional biographical information
Member Orange County Chapter of NY State Archaeologial Association
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