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Fins. Fur. Function.

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Niantic, Connecticut, United States
About the store
As a former professional aquarist/biologist, I took my skills into the classroom to teach Marine Biology, Zoology, Aquarium Science, and Kinesiology. By allowing students the opportunity to get hands on with animals, I feel it greatly enhanced their engagement, motivation, reliability, and communication.
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Preview of Shapes Icebreaker

Shapes Icebreaker

This is a classroom icebreaker that can be done in small groups of 2-4 or as an individual if needed. I start with figure 2. Print out about enough copies for your class and cut them out keeping each set together. Once students are divided into groups, I give each group the stack of shapes and ask them to create a square using all the shape pieces. You can add a time limit if needed. Once Figure 2 is complete, I move onto Figure 1 doing the same thing, but keep the part marked with an "x". Once
Preview of Icebreaker Activities

Icebreaker Activities

These are a series of icebreaker scenarios I use to get to know my students better. The first part is a "would you rather" scenario with the second part being straight questions/scenarios. I find good fun with my students when doing this. I also ask them to come up with their own.
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Experience

As a former professional aquarist/biologist, I took my skills into the classroom to teach Marine Biology, Zoology, Aquarium Science, and Kinesiology. By allowing students the opportunity to get hands on with animals, I feel it greatly enhanced their engagement, motivation, reliability, and communication.

Teaching style

I teach grades 9-12 and I believe in a mix of text/lesson type classes and hands on/activity based classes. I like to implement small projects and paperwork that build together to create a larger project by the end of a semester. I'm strict but firm in the classroom.

Awards & shining teacher moments

I enjoy the past student "drop by's" , emails, and messages regarding their success in life and how impactful the hands on classes were for them while in high school.

My own education history

I have a Bachelor's of Science in Biology with an Environmental Science Minor and a Master's in Education Technology.