Evolving Curriculum
Chicopee, Massachusetts, United States
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I am a retired public school urban educator who has taught biological sciences 20 years. My passion has been designing curriculum and assessments aligned to state standards for high stakes exams (MCAS). I have taught a wide variety of different students including honors, college prep, inclusion and ESL students.
After retirement, I taught middle school and high school science in a small Christian school.
The differences in the needs of public and private schools provides me with a view most educators have not had.
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Amino Acid Building Challenge
Who has time to write activities designed to measure the Next Generation Science Standards? I know I didn't when I was teaching biology. This activity was designed specifically to measure all 3 dimensions of NGSS.HS.LS1-6. Science Practices: Constructing ExplanationsDisciplinary Core Ideas: Organization of Matter and Energy Flow in Organisms Crosscutting Concept: Energy & MatterEvery administrator also wants to see how we not only teach our content area but also support the Common Core. This
9th - 10th
Biology, Science
CCSS, NGSS
WHST.9-10.1a
, HS-LS1-6
Characteristics of Life Card Sort
This is a wonderful review activity of the characteristics of life I use with my 6th grade students. This activity allows students to apply their prior knowledge of the characteristics of life to different examples. This card sort activity has both descriptions of the characteristics life and pictures to assist students to visualize each example. Many of the activities I have found only use plants and animals, I choose to include examples of fungi to expand the students understanding to organi
6th - 10th
Biology, Other (Science)
CCSS, NGSS
RST.6-8.1
, MS-LS1-1
Modeling Plant and Animal Cells
Who has time to find an activity that has all the evidence you need to show your students have mastered the NGSS standard and is integrated to the Common Core Standards? This activity provides teachers and homeschool parents everything you need to teach two types of scientific modeling related to the study of cell. Students will: Create direct analogies about the organelles inside both plant and animal cells. Create a visual model of both plant and animal cells. After completing both mode
6th - 10th
Biology, Science
CCSS, NGSS
WHST.6-8.2d
, MS-LS1-2
Differentiated Science Open Response Rubric
Every administrator wants teacher to differentiate how they assess students, but no one has the time to write the rubrics. It's even harder to find a general rubric that helps students to improve their writing that can be used for all lab activities and quizzes. This allows the teacher to choose the rubric which best meets the needs of the student(s), provide feedback to improve student written response while having students use the same activity. Includes two types of rubrics: Questions wi
9th - 10th
Biology, General Science, Science
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Experience
I am a retired public school urban educator who has taught biological sciences 20 years. My passion has been designing curriculum and assessments aligned to state standards for high stakes exams (MCAS). I have taught a wide variety of different students including honors, college prep, inclusion and ESL students.
After retirement, I taught middle school and high school science in a small Christian school.
The differences in the needs of public and private schools provides me with a view most educators have not had.
Teaching style
I teach and; design with the end in mind because time is a premium. Activities have to align to NGSS and be engaging for students. As many of the standards are higher order, differentiating activities is essential for engagement of all learners. The best lessons are when students can interact with the content and discover the concepts with a more experiential experience.
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