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My entire educational journey as a student and teacher has been centered around guiding children to learn through exploration and hands on experiences. I have always valued the idea of inquiry-based instruction and problem solving. The greatest accomplishment I have was earning my Ed.D in Leadership and I hope to use my experiences to further the field of STEM Education in and outside of the classroom for young learners and their teachers.
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Unit 5 Week 4: How to Prevent Erosion NGSS 2-ESS2-1 Weathering & Wr
Preventing Erosion STEM Challenge – Unit 5 Week 4 NGSS-Aligned | 2-ESS1-1 & 2-ESS2-1 | 2nd Grade Weathering & Erosion In this hands-on STEM challenge, students move from understanding erosion to thinking like engineers — designing and testing solutions to stop soil from washing away. Students investigate a real-world erosion problem (soil washing away under playground swings) and apply the engineering design process to slow, block, or redirect moving water. This week strengthens: Cause-and-eff
1st - 3rd
Earth Sciences, General Science
NGSS
2-ESS1-1
, 2-ESS2-1
Unit 4 • Week 2: Seed Dispersal & Animal Helpers STEM Activities | NGSS 2-LS2-2
Keep your STEM lessons engaging and hands-on!In Week 2 of Unit 4: Interactions in Ecosystems, students join Buzz the Bee to discover how seeds move and why dispersal is important for plant survival. From wind and water to animals and gravity, learners will investigate the many ways seeds travel in nature. This resource includes: - Seed Travelers Sort – Cut and sort seed picture cards into dispersal categories - My Traveling Seed – Draw or model a seed moving in nature with sentence frames
1st - 3rd
Biology, Earth Sciences, General Science
NGSS
2-LS2-2
Unit 2 STEM Curriculum Bundle | Heating & Cooling | Little STEM Explorers
Bring science to life in your classroom with this complete Unit 2 STEM bundle: Heating & Cooling from the Little STEM Explorers series! With Blaze the Bunny as their guide, students explore how heat and cold cause changes in matter, investigate which changes are reversible or irreversible, and design creative solutions using the engineering design process. This bundle includes Weeks 1–3 plus the Unit 2 Assessment Pack, giving you everything you need for a full month of hands-on, NGSS-aligned
1st - 3rd
Earth Sciences, General Science, Other (Science)
NGSS
2-PS1-4
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Experience
My entire educational journey as a student and teacher has been centered around guiding children to learn through exploration and hands on experiences. I have always valued the idea of inquiry-based instruction and problem solving. The greatest accomplishment I have was earning my Ed.D in Leadership and I hope to use my experiences to further the field of STEM Education in and outside of the classroom for young learners and their teachers.
Teaching style
I teach my students to learn how to fail before they succeed. In failure there is growth and character development. Learning to never give up, because there is always a solution (that just sometimes has not yet been found), is one of my core values as an educator.
Awards & shining teacher moments
I have a lot of experience teaching children from all over the world. I have taught in schools that value a multi-cultural approach to education and at military institutions for the department of defense. My favorite position as an educator was in Okinawa, Japan.
My own education history
I have a Bachelors of Science in Elementary and Kindergaden Education from the University of Pennsylvania (Penn State). I earned my Masters of Education in Instructional Design and Technology, while teaching in Japan. I then completed my Doctorate of Education in Leadership and STEM Education.
Additional biographical information
I value my experiences as an educator but I have grown most in life from becoming a mother. Watching my own children grow and researching child brain development has been a fascinating adventure. I strive to use all of my unique experiences as an educator, student, and mother to build high quality materials for others to benefit from.
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