KoepScience
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Iowa City, Iowa, United States
About the store
• 34 years of public school teaching experience, including biology, AP Biology, microbiology, chemistry, environmental science, and general science.
• Many presentations at state/regional/national meetings.
• University of Iowa student teacher supervisor
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Human Population: Cemetery Population Structures
The American population is changing in dramatic ways. Likewise, changing population structures in other countries are driving changes around the world. Food supplies, energy use, climate change: all are consequences of the changing structures of world populations.
This activity belongs to a 3-part collection for a week-long population structure investigation using free Internet resources. Be sure to download my PopulationStructure PowerPoint and PopStructureData Excel spreadsheet. The lab se
8th - 12th, Higher Education
Applied Math, Biology, Geography
Population Structure: Studying Changes
This is the PowerPoint presentation to go along with the PopulationStructure activity available on this site. The slides include teacher background on the questions posed, and uses the format from Lab Report Summary Organizer, also on this site.
The spreadsheet utilized is PopStructureData on this site as well.
8th - 12th, Higher Education
Applied Math, Economics , Environment
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About the store
Experience
• 34 years of public school teaching experience, including biology, AP Biology, microbiology, chemistry, environmental science, and general science.
• Many presentations at state/regional/national meetings.
• University of Iowa student teacher supervisor
Teaching style
Strong focus on guided inquiry as an overall classroom model. My goal, especially with older students, is to recreate the atmosphere of a research lab, even in groups of up to 30+ students. We don't always get all the way there, but we go as far as we can. Student experiences should be as open-ended as possible, given the constraints of the school experience.
Awards & shining teacher moments
Finalist: Presidential Award for Mathematics and Science Teaching
NABT Outstanding Biology Teaching Award
Tandy Technology Scholar
Iowa Excellence in Science Teaching Award
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Science Teacher Research experience in molecular biology, evolutionary biology, and science education.
My own education history
High School: LDF Community School District, Le Grand, IA
BS General Science University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
MS Secondary Education University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
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