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Saint Helena, California, United States
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15 years of experience as a teacher with specialties in GATE education (K-6), middle school students (especially 6th grade), primary students (especially 1st grade), and computer & digital media literacy skills for students in grades K-12.
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Preview of The Snowman's Secret Winter STEM States of Matter Science Breakout Game

The Snowman's Secret Winter STEM States of Matter Science Breakout Game

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G-Force
This is a winter-themed educational “Escape Room” / Breakout game to introduce or reinforce STEM science concepts about states of matter. If you are unfamiliar with this type of game, here is how to play: a group of players has 45 minutes to use clues and solve puzzles in order to unlock a variety of locks that are secured onto a main lockbox (and, sometimes, additional smaller lockboxes.) The team has two hint cards they can use at any point if they are stuck, and the supervisor/teacher may the
Preview of Dinosaur Detectives STEM Breakout / Escape Game for Grades 1-4

Dinosaur Detectives STEM Breakout / Escape Game for Grades 1-4

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G-Force
This game is an educational “Escape Room” / Breakout game. If you are unfamiliar with the concept, here is how to play the game: a group of players has 45 minutes to use clues and solve puzzles in order to unlock a variety of locks that are secured onto a main lockbox (and, sometimes, additional smaller lockboxes.) The team has two hint cards they can use at any point if they are stuck, and the supervisor/teacher may then provide a small piece of guidance to help out. You can learn more about th
Preview of Planet Protectors Earth Day STEM Breakout / Escape Game for Grades 1-4

Planet Protectors Earth Day STEM Breakout / Escape Game for Grades 1-4

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G-Force
Planet Protectors is a STEM "escape room" style game designed for students in grades 1 through 4 learn about Earth and Life sciences (perfect for Earth Day!), while also flexing some ELA and math skills! If you are unfamiliar with the concept, here is how to play the game: a group of players has 45 minutes to use clues and solve puzzles in order to unlock a variety of locks that are secured onto a main lockbox (and, sometimes, additional smaller lockboxes.) The team has two hint cards they can u
Preview of Breakout / Escape Game STEM BUNDLE for Grades 1-4

Breakout / Escape Game STEM BUNDLE for Grades 1-4

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G-Force
This is a bundle of THREE STEM/SCIENCE “Escape Room” / Breakout games: The Snowman's Secret: A winter-themed States of Matter gamePlanet Protectors: Earth and Life Sciences -- habitats, environment, endangered species (perfect for Earth Day!)Dinosaur Detectives: Dinosaurs! (this one is tech-enriched, and requires use of one -- or preferably more -- technology devices with QR-reading capability)To see a video showing what my breakout games include and the general prep/setup, check out my Breakou
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Experience

15 years of experience as a teacher with specialties in GATE education (K-6), middle school students (especially 6th grade), primary students (especially 1st grade), and computer & digital media literacy skills for students in grades K-12.

Teaching style

Believer in Socratic method, PBL (both project-based and problem-based learning), gamification, and technology-enhanced learning. You can read about the success of my paperless classroom in the TIME article "The Paperless Classroom is Coming" (October, 2014)

Awards & shining teacher moments

- Outstanding educator in Computer/Technology, Montgomery County Public Schools, MD - Napa county teacher of the year nominee

My own education history

- National merit scholar - BS in Computer Science and BA in Communications (Wake Forest University) - MS in Educatinal Technology (Boise State University)

Additional biographical information

I am a ClassDojo mentor and BreakoutEDU expert. You can find my FREE "Class Bank & Raffle" plugin for Google Sheets to allow students to raffle or spend ClassDojo points. You can also find several of my FREE Breakout games (for 6th grade math) in the user-created content of BreakoutEDU.org