10 years as Science Teacher, 5 years doing AP Bio Teacher, 4 years doing Environmental Science teacher/Biology/Earth Science. Now I'm on to Middle School and loving it. These kids are excited and energetic each day!
New Video questions about PBS Nature's Spy in the Ocean Mini Series. https://www.pbs.org/video/deep-relationships-spy-in-the-ocean-pwkz98/The episode Deep Relationships shows excellent examples of Mutualism and Beneficial Relationships.
Video Questions about the just released PBS NOVA episode: Alaskan Dinosaurs. You can find the video now on PBS NOVA. I used this for kids at home in quarantine Covers evolution, technology, use of evidence, the fossil record and evolutionary adaptations. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/video/alaskan-dinosaurs/
Students can watch the PBS Nova Video on Cat Evolution at: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/video/cat-tales/ and answer the questions on the editable doc that you can paste into to a google doc and add: *Google Classroom *Share as Google Doc
Students can watch the PBS Nova Video on Dog Evolution called Dog Tales at: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/video/dog-tales/. Document is editable doc that you can paste into to a google doc and share to: *Google Classroom *as Google Doc
Evolution Video: Video questions for your student to answer while watching the 3 part series BBC Walking With Monsters, Life Before the Dinosaurs available on YouTube: All: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cqzwyg9fcQ&t=16sPart 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kYv_rbZVVcPart 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gwo62OmuUGAPart 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpF0b2CnOF4I've used for my Evolution Unit. Includes editable document that you can paste into to a google doc and share to: *Google
Using a PBS Video about the 'Flattening the Curve' diagram, students can watch from home and answer the following questions about its true meaning. Video can be found at: https://www.pbs.org/video/what-this-chart-actually-means-for-covid-19-ybsbtd/Includes editable document that you can paste into to a google doc and share to: *Google Classroom *as Google Doc
Using the Video: Where do New Viruses Come From? on Stated Clearly https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJLXdsO1GBI&feature=youtu.beStudents can watch a short video and learn how new viruses form. I've used for my Evolution Unit. Includes editable document that you can paste into to a google doc and share to: *Google Classroom *as Google Doc COVID-19 is mentioned at the end as to how it came to be.
Video Questions that go with the PBS Nature Movie: Saving 501 https://vimeo.com/80408723 or https://goo.gl/apPk7Q Video highlights the struggles to rescue and return to the wild a California Sea Otter.
Short Set of Video Questions to go with the video, Galapagos Finch Evolution — HHMI BioInteractive Video, found at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcM23M-CCog & t=324s I used it to Supplement Amplify Unit Natural Selection Ch 1 Lesson 1.4
Students can add images to each word box, then cut out and create a mind map. There are many useful videos on YouTube about mind mapping that I show the kids before beginning. Examples: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOXrFpZ4anw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLWV0XN7K1g
Using an online website to review and explore all electromagnetic waves. 2 page or 1 page option GOES with: http://amazingspace.org/resources/explorations/light/CatchWaves_activation-frames.html
*GOES with LIFETIME MOVIE ~ The Ryan White Story* If you can find the movie, these questions were designed to give students a real history or how students became protected from discrimination for a disability. The story of how HIV can wreak havoc on an american family and child.
Simple questions to focus on the concept of waves and ways to measure them
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Experience
10 years as Science Teacher, 5 years doing AP Bio Teacher, 4 years doing Environmental Science teacher/Biology/Earth Science. Now I'm on to Middle School and loving it. These kids are excited and energetic each day!
Teaching style
Hands-on; Problem Solving, Team Building, Worksheets to guide, short writing reflections, group projects, presentations/lectures kept to minimum. Project Based Learning. Labs and Lab reports, Claim Evidence Reasoning Group Presentations.
My own education history
BA in Biology & Environmental Studies from UCSC
Masters in Forest Science from Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies
Additional biographical information
8th/7th Grade Science Teacher
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