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Ms Agius

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Experienced science and makerspace teacher with 10 years of teaching at a high school in Los Angeles, California.
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Preview of Identity Wheel Activity – Build Connections & Brighten Your Classroom

Identity Wheel Activity – Build Connections & Brighten Your Classroom

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Ms Agius
The Identity Wheel is a creative and meaningful activity designed to help students explore and express the many unique parts of who they are. Students begin by drawing a self-portrait in the center of the wheel and writing their name. Around the outside, they fill in sections with words and drawings that represent their identity—such as their passions, talents, values, cultural influences, role models, dreams for the future, favorite quotes, and more. This activity encourages students to recogn
Preview of Test Corrections Template

Test Corrections Template

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Ms Agius
I use this test corrections template to allow my students a chance to learn from their mistakes. They receive 1/2 a point for every correct correction they make to help improve their exam scores.
Preview of How to Write a GIST Statement: Reading Comprehension

How to Write a GIST Statement: Reading Comprehension

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This assignment teaches students to write a gist statement and should be paired with a reading and annotation of a text of your choice. A gist statement is a concise and cohesive 20 - 25 word statement that summarizes and entire text by including as much information possible regarding the who, what, where, when, why and how. Writing a gist statement is particularly helpful for students who are reading and researching about current issues.
Preview of Balancing Equations Powerpoint and Guided Notes

Balancing Equations Powerpoint and Guided Notes

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A nice introduction to balancing equations for beginners. I use this with my 9th graders in Environmental Engineering. This package includes a PPT presentation file with simple, step by step animations as scaffolding (that can easily be uploaded and converted into Google Slides or Peardeck. It also includes a Word document with guided notes for students (Google Docs convertible) -- as well as a screen shot of what you should set your margins to in Word so that the notes print on one sheet o
Preview of Balancing Chemical Equations (practice, answer key & graphic organizer

Balancing Chemical Equations (practice, answer key & graphic organizer

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Ms Agius
This balancing equations practice worksheet has 20 equations for beginners who are just learning this skill. This document comes with practice problems, an answer key and a differentiated graphic organizer as scaffolding for students who need help ordering and organizing the steps involved in balancing equations. This is a Word document that is fully customizable depending on your specific student's needs. You can expand, modify and add on to the graphic organizing tables. This practice as
Preview of Smart Consumers of Information - Think Like A Scientist - Know Your Rights

Smart Consumers of Information - Think Like A Scientist - Know Your Rights

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Ms Agius
My purpose with this assignment was to try to begin replacing fear in this country, with empowerment. When Trump's decision to rescind DACA was made public, I felt the urgent need to disseminate as much information as possible to as many people as I could, about the facts. In this assignment (which could be modified to be short or lengthy), students are exposed to one, of many, resources they can access at any time to understand their rights. My hope is that students will pass on what they lear
Preview of Reading and Annotation Guide: A Resource to Improve Reading Comprehension

Reading and Annotation Guide: A Resource to Improve Reading Comprehension

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Ms Agius
This simple guide can be disseminated to all students as a resource to refer back to when reading texts. This annotation guide includes a number of strategies to increase reading comprehension. Students who use this guide develop the necessary skills required to gain a deep understanding of what they read. Through continued use, the skills they gain become habit. This guide has been uploaded as a word document that can easily be edited and revised to fit with any teaching subject.
Preview of Reading Analysis Assignment

Reading Analysis Assignment

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This reading analysis assignment has been uploaded as a Word document that can be modified to fit your content area and/or a specific text of your choosing. The reading analysis assignment should be used regularly and paired with the reading and annotation of a text of your choice, relating to your own content area. Use of this analysis assignment will improve student metacognition by challenging them to recognize their thoughts as they read. For example, students are asked to connect to th
Preview of Daily Warm Ups / Exit Tickets (science, tech, checking for misconceptions)

Daily Warm Ups / Exit Tickets (science, tech, checking for misconceptions)

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This is a (growing) collection comprised of 23 daily warm up or exit ticket ideas that can be implemented as stand alone activities or paired with the unit you are currently teaching. I assign these as Google Documents that my students submit on Schoology. To allow for content mastery I allow revisions for full credit. ALL of the included Microsoft Word documents are fully editable allowing you to customize them according to your student and classroom needs. They are great for checking for
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About the store

Experience

Experienced science and makerspace teacher with 10 years of teaching at a high school in Los Angeles, California.

Teaching style

A hybrid teaching approach that integrates collaboration, interdisciplinary teamwork, student-driven inquiry, and project-based learning with occasional direct instruction. This method emphasizes the use of technology, hands-on interaction with diverse materials, and engagement in problem-solving, design, and build challenges—often within a makerspace environment that fosters creativity, innovation, and experiential learning.

Awards & shining teacher moments

Mary Roosevelt Honor Scholar

My own education history

I hold a B.A. in Urban Studies with a focus on Environmental Sustainability, and a M.A. in Teaching from the University of California, Irvine. While attending U.C. Irvine I conducted research with the Center for Unconventional Security Affairs in the areas of climate change mitigation and adaptation projects in peacebuilding, as well as on climate change and emergency medicine. My research is featured and published in Koenig and Schultz's Disaster Medicine: Comprehensive Principles and Practices.