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Los Angeles, California, United States
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Gen and Zoe both work at Title I schools in historically underserved communities in Los Angeles. Our school populations are predominantly students of color; many are soon to be first generation college students, and are often not native English speakers.
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Preview of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) Complete Unit (Slides + Student Packet)

Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) Complete Unit (Slides + Student Packet)

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This unit about Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) is ready to teach and designed to last between 5 and 7 class periods. The activities in this unit are varied and engaging, including lesson structures such as Do Nows questions, videos, lecture, class and/or breakout room discussions, fact or fiction, sorting activities, speed dating, reading, source evaluation and summary, CER writing, and graphic organizers. There is also a provided viewing guide on the last page of the student packet for t
Preview of Evidence for Continental Drift Stations

Evidence for Continental Drift Stations

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This activity allows students to investigate five pieces of evidence to support the Theory of Continental Drift and record their evidence in an easy to understand digital notebook.  Students will examine different types of evidence including an online Pangea puzzle activity, multiple short readings, and a video on spider distribution around the world.  Students collect their findings by drag-and-dropping evidence onto a World Map in the attached interactive notebook.  This ready-to-teach produc
Preview of Paper Airplane Lab (Intro to Experimental Design)

Paper Airplane Lab (Intro to Experimental Design)

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This Introduction to Experimental Design lab teaches students how to create and conduct an experiment, how to collect data, how to graph data, and how to write about their data in CER (claim, evidence, reasoning) format.  This three day inquiry lab lesson has students test the impact of a feature of a paper airplane on the distance that it flies. This lesson series is appropriate for a distance learning, hybrid classroom, or face-to-face setting.  Students will complete a “design diagram” on dig
Preview of Heart Rate Lab (Intro to Experimental Design)

Heart Rate Lab (Intro to Experimental Design)

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This Introduction to Experimental Design lab teaches students how to create and conduct an experiment, how to collect data, how to graph data, and how to write about their data in CER (claim, evidence, reasoning) format. This three day inquiry lab lesson has students test the impact of how different factors impact their own heart rate. This lesson series is appropriate for a distance learning, hybrid classroom, or face-to-face setting.  Students will complete a “design diagram” on digital notebo
Preview of Intro to Environmental Science Unit (Teacher slides and Digital notebook)

Intro to Environmental Science Unit (Teacher slides and Digital notebook)

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This product includes all of the necessary materials for an introductory unit to an Environmental Science or Earth Science course. The topics covered in this unit are: syllabus and class norms, environment definition, notable environmentalists, mapping, and experimental design. This unit is designed to last 11 class periods with 3 additional assignments and can be delivered synchronously, asynchronously, or in a hybrid model. This unit is self-contained for students within a Google Slides intera
Preview of Natural Causes of Climate Change Stations

Natural Causes of Climate Change Stations

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This activity allows students to investigate three natural causes of climate change in an easy to understand digital notebook.  Students will examine different types of natural causes of climate change, not caused by humans, including two videos, a world map over time, and a reading.  Students collect their findings in the digital notebook using different information collection strategies: a viewing guide, using the scribble tool, and in a cause and effect graphic organizer all within the attach
Preview of Climate Gentrification Reading and Questions (Environmental Justice)

Climate Gentrification Reading and Questions (Environmental Justice)

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This activity includes an article on climate gentrification along with reading comprehension questions from the article.  In this environmental justice lesson, students read about how climate change is disproportionately negatively impacting low-income communities in Los Angeles and around the United States. This lesson is great for Environmental Science, Geography, English, or History classes but could be used with any group interested in talking about social justice issues.  The format of this
Preview of Plate Tectonics Full Unit (Teacher slides and Digital notebook)

Plate Tectonics Full Unit (Teacher slides and Digital notebook)

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This product includes all of the necessary materials for a project-based learning unit on Plate Tectonics. The topics covered in this unit are: layers/structure of Earth, convection, plate boundaries, continental drift, volcanoes, earthquakes, and seismic inequality. This unit is designed to last 10 class periods with additional assignments and can be delivered synchronously, asynchronously, or in a hybrid model. The unit is project-based, culminating with a final project structured as a PSA (pu
Preview of Weather Basics - Complete Unit (Teacher Slides + Student Digital Notebook)

Weather Basics - Complete Unit (Teacher Slides + Student Digital Notebook)

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This product includes all of the necessary materials for a project-based learning unit on Weather Basics. The topics covered in this unit are: solar radiation, wind belts (convection currents), wildfires (Santa Ana winds), extreme weather events, ocean circulation, and effects of ocean and elevation on climate.  The day-by-day breakdown of topics is below.  This unit is designed to last 10 class periods and can be delivered synchronously, asynchronously, or in a hybrid model. The unit is project
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About the store

Experience

Gen and Zoe both work at Title I schools in historically underserved communities in Los Angeles. Our school populations are predominantly students of color; many are soon to be first generation college students, and are often not native English speakers.

Teaching style

Project-based learning Hands-on, experiential learning Real-world phenomena

Awards & shining teacher moments

Winners of the 3M National Teaching Fellowship Teach for America Alum

My own education history

Gen is a graduate of Duke University, where she studied Biology and Earth and Ocean Science. Zoe is a graduate of UC Berkeley, where she studied Neurobiology, Psychology, and Spanish, and has a Master's degree in Urban Education from Loyola Marymount University. They both hold Single Subject Biology Teaching Credentials in the state of California.

Additional biographical information

Hi! We are Gen and Zoe, two environmental science teachers living and teaching in Los Angeles, California. We love hands-on, interactive, student-centered learning anchored in real-world phenomena that centers environmental/social justice. We center our teaching around the communities in which we teach, so you'll find some products that are specific to Los Angeles in our store. In our own classrooms, we strive for project-based learning by having students work towards a culminating goal multimedia project at the end of each unit! We post everything from one-day lessons to full unit plans. We love making visually appealing products that are ready to use and easy to understand. From our own experience, we know that the best products develop through fruitful collaboration, and we love working together to share our lessons, developed with love, with all of you! Feel free to contact us with any questions, comments, or requests! We love to read your feedback :)