Ms Mac
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Longview, Texas, United States
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I have been teaching middle school science for 31 years. I taught 6th grade science for 2 years and 7th grade science for 6 years and am currently teaching 8th grade science. I have 23 years of experience teaching 8th grade science. Preparing my students for the STAAR test requires teaching very abstract concepts. Giving students hands on experiences is the best way to prepare them for the constructive response questions on the test. Teaching science is my passion and I enjoy the hands on activities and relating it to real world.
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Weather Travel Project
Students will select a country and city they would like to visit. They will plan a 5 day trip to this location. They will have to research the weather for the upcoming week to know what clothes to pack and plan their 5 day itinerary including activities, sights to see and food to enjoy. Students really enjoyed this project.
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Earth Sciences, Environment, Graphic Arts
TEKS
SCIENCE.8.10.A
, SCIENCE.8.10.B
Seasons Poster Project
Students will use their notes and knowledge on seasons and create a poster that shows the following Seasons Poster ProjectTitle: Reasons for SeasonsDraw in the equatorLabel Northern and Southern Hemispheres (include Key)Draw in the axisTilt all earths the same direction ( to the right or to the left)Label indirect and direct rays from the sumLabel summer, winter , fall and spring for each earth’s northern and southern hemisphere.Include the 2 reasons for seasons23.5 degree tilt Revolution around
8th
Earth Sciences, General Science, Science
TEKS
SCIENCE.5.9.A
, SCIENCE.6.9.A
Don't Be A Drag Friction Lab
Students will be using a spring scale to acquire the force as they drag their shoe on different services, including the table top, tile floor, carpet, plastic, cloth, foil, parchment paper, cardboard. They will mass their shoe and use the force and mass to calculate acceleration.
5th - 8th
Applied Math, General Science, Physics
TEKS
SCIENCE.6.7.A
, SCIENCE.7.7.B
, SCIENCE.8.7.A
Plant and Animal Cell Shrinky Dink backpack pull
Students will draw and label the plant and animal cell with the organelles ( cell wall, cell membrane, nucleus, mitochondria, vacuole , cytoplasm, and chloroplast) They will color their picture with map pencils and punch a hole in the top. Teacher will bake for 3 minutes to shrink their project. Students will add to a back pack pull ring set and use these to study.
7th - 9th
Biology, General Science, Science
TEKS
SCIENCE.8.13.A
Ecological Succession Pizza Box Project
Objective: students will work in cooperative groups to create a model showing primary and secondary succession, labeling and writing a summary explaining succession
6th - 8th
Biology, Other (Arts), Science
TEKS
SCIENCE.6.12.A
, SCIENCE.8.12.B
, SCIENCE.8.12.C
Human Impact on groundwater - Watershed model Lab
Students will model a watershed and use their model to write a summary and answer three STAAR questions
6th - 8th
Biology, Science, Writing
TEKS
SCIENCE.7.11.A
Marshmallow Molecules, Elements and Compounds Lab
Students will use toothpicks and colored mini marshmallows to construct molecules, elements and compounds. They will make a visual which will be labeled. Student examples included
6th - 8th
Chemistry, General Science, Science
TEKS
SCIENCE.7.6.A
, SCIENCE.8.6.B
HR diagram Project
Students will research 3 stars Trace your handColor your hand the color of your starFill in BrightnessTemperatureName of starWhat category3 other factsPut your name at wristCut out and place on Hallway HR diagram
8th
Astronomy, Earth Sciences, Science
TEKS
SCIENCE.8.9.A
Paper Clip Category 1 Review Lab
Students will look at each collection and identify the following : element, compound, atom, molecule, mixture. Example slides are included. Also a extended constructive response is their final slide on the equation for photosynthesis.
6th - 8th
Chemistry, General Science, Science
TEKS
SCIENCE.7.6.A
, SCIENCE.8.6.B
Category 3 : Topographic Map Lab/Project
Objective: students will create a mountain out of playdough, using dental floss slice the mountain into 4-6 layers. They will draw their players on card stock and create their model. student example poster included
6th - 8th
Earth Sciences, General Science, Science
Stem Car Engineering Project 8.1A, 8.6A,B,C 6.8A,C
Students will build a car using recycled materials. After designing and building their car they will test their car and make necessary modifications. Students will collect data on their car including the mass, distance and time. Students will calculate speed and apply Newton’s Laws. Next, students will race other students and calculate speed. Lastly students will write their lab summary using unit vocabulary explains the process of this project.
6th - 8th
Math, Physical Science, Science
TEKS
SCIENCE.6.8.A
, SCIENCE.7.7.A
, SCIENCE.7.7.B
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Cell Model Lab
Students will work in pairs for this activity. Each pair will make a model of an animal and plant cell. The following organelles will be represented in the models, nucleus, cell membrane, cytoplasm, chloroplast, cell wall, mitochondria, vacuole, and ribosomes. Models will be labeled with structure and function. Also students have a constructive response to complete on notebook paper to attach to their models.
6th - 8th
Biology, Science
TEKS
SCIENCE.8.13.A
Tree of Genetic Traits Lab
Students will differentiate between dominant and recessive traits. Students will be testing PTC tasting , earlobes, tongue rolling. Student will put their traits on the leaf that they cut out and place on the tree.
6th - 8th
Biology, General Science
TEKS
SCIENCE.8.13.B
Comparing Sexual and Asexual Reproduction
Students will create a poster comparing sexual and asexual reproduction. They will make sure to point out advantages and disadvantages of each. Each poster will include a summary about the comparisons.
6th - 8th
Biology, Science
TEKS
SCIENCE.7.13.C
Jelly Belly Dichotomous Key Lab
Objective: In this activity you will identify the flavor of Jelly Belly Jelly Beans based on their physical appearance (color) using a dichotomous key.
7th - 8th
General Science, Science
Category 1 Modeling Balanced Equations
Students will use their knowledge of chemical equations and the law of conservation of mass to make a poster modeling balanced equations. We used the color dots you buy at office supplies stores Color dot stickers - Amazon $5.99
6th - 8th
Chemistry, Math, Science
TEKS
SCIENCE.8.6.B
, SCIENCE.8.6.E
Body System Project
Students will work in groups of four to complete this body system project. Each system will be put on separate pages and include the function and structure. Each student will be responsible for 3 parts to contribute to the overall project.
6th - 8th
Biology, General Science, Science
TEKS
SCIENCE.7.13.A
Distance/Time Graphing Project
Students will create a character and create a adventure that their character goes on. Students will write about their adventure and create a distance/time graph to match their story. They will have certain parameters that their character must do during their adventure.
6th - 8th
Graphing, Math, Science
TEKS
SCIENCE.7.7.A
, SCIENCE.8.1.F
Ecology Box and Brochure Ecosystem Project
Students will work in team to complete a shadow ecosystem box and brochure explaining the following ecosystems : Terrestrial EcosystemForest EcosystemDesert EcosystemMountain EcosystemGrassland EcosystemAquatic EcosystemPond EcosystemRiver EcosystemMarine EcosystemStudents will research and explain the following topics Biodiversity, Succession, Energy flow, Species Interactions and Human impact
6th - 8th
Biology, General Science, Science
TEKS
SCIENCE.6.4.A
, SCIENCE.6.12.A
, SCIENCE.7.11.B
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Microscope -Multiactivity - Lab
Students will work on a 3 day microscope lab, first looking a prepared slides and make dry and wet slides on day one, Day two students will prepare wet mount slides and look at bacteria in yogurt and make a cheek cell slide and onion skin slide, making sure they can differentiate between plant and animal cells. Lastly day three they will look at 8 samples of stagnant water that is full of microorganism. Each day they will be responsible for drawings that are labeled and a final summary .
6th - 9th
Biology, Science
TEKS
SCIENCE.6.13.A
, SCIENCE.6.13.B
, SCIENCE.8.13.A
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About the store
Experience
I have been teaching middle school science for 31 years. I taught 6th grade science for 2 years and 7th grade science for 6 years and am currently teaching 8th grade science. I have 23 years of experience teaching 8th grade science. Preparing my students for the STAAR test requires teaching very abstract concepts. Giving students hands on experiences is the best way to prepare them for the constructive response questions on the test. Teaching science is my passion and I enjoy the hands on activities and relating it to real world.
Teaching style
I enjoy hands on learning and inquiry based labs.
Awards & shining teacher moments
Lamp lighter award in 2000, this is an award that a student gives to a teacher who has inspired them.
Teacher of the month by the Longview Rotary Club 2004
Color us Proud award 2005 given to teachers who make a difference.
Color us Proud award 2007 given to teachers who make a difference.
TIA recognized teacher since 2019
EVAAS award for student growth 2022,2023
Science department lead teacher
My own education history
Basics a Kilgore Junior College
Bachelor’s Degree in Education from Stephen F Austin University
Region VII Science Collaborative for 7 years
Science Department Chair
IB training completed
Additional biographical information
I enjoy spending time with family and friends. I love fishing and my two cats. I enjoy cooking out on the grill and shopping with friends. My passion is gardening , I love growing my own food, bird watching and growing an abundance of flowering plants for the pollinators.
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