STEM Hen
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San Antonio, Texas, United States
About the store
(formerly The Yellow Science Lab)
Hi! I am actively in the classroom serving as a STEM instructor to 5 sections of amazing STEM students! I am a master teacher with 15+ years of experience in the secondary science classroom. I also have one year of experience in curriculum and instruction (Science K-8). I am highly qualified with differentiating instruction for students who receive special education services and learners who qualify as GT. I'm PBLWorks certified, experienced with TinkerCad and 3D printing, and I run a full shop of power tools with my middle school students.
When I'm not facilitating awesome projects in the classroom, I'm in my gardening with my backyard chickens. Reach out and connect with me here and follow me on Instagram!
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Lab Safety Stations
Lab Safety Stations: This colorful and engaging set of eight stations is the perfect way to introduce lab safety to students* during the first week of school. In addition, this is a great time to practice expectations during stations so that the method of stations learning will already be comfortable when the content becomes more challenging.
*Use with my student packet to hold kiddos accountable while rotating through each station!
3rd - 12th
Biology, Chemistry, General Science
Earth Wind and Ocean Currents Online Interactive
Students will visit the website https://earthnull/about.html and explore the interactive global map of winds, ocean currents, particulates, and chemicals all updated live every three to five hours. In this lesson, learners will explore current surface winds, jet streams, ocean currents, and CO in the air. They will add color to the global maps for each of the areas of interest, answer content related questions and go deeper with embedded inferencing questions. As a summary to the lesson, stud
6th - 12th
Earth Sciences, Environment, General Science
Foam Roller Coaster Physics
Foam Roller Coaster Physics: The goal of this project is to build a roller coaster for a marble using foam pipe insulation and other materials. Students will have a blast as they investigate how Newton's laws, speed, velocity, acceleration, gravitational potential energy, and kinetic energy of a marble can be measured and observed at various points along the track.
6th - 12th
Engineering, General Science, Physics
Social Media Scientist Project
Social Media Scientist Project: This project is a fun way to practice research skills and social media design while learning about scientists who contributed to the Atomic Theory. This project can be conducted with student access to technology or without!
*Notice to Buyer: There are many versions of social media templates available for purchase/free online. If you have access to a class set of computers, you may want to consider a free electronic (and eco-friendly!) version of the assignment
6th - 12th
Chemistry, General Science
Lab Safety Stations Student Packet
Lab Safety Stations Student Packet: This packet is intended to be used with my Lab Safety Stations collection (purchase separately). Students will find the stations to be a fun and engaging way to review lab safety while adding their own unique touches to their packet with prompts for drawings, labels, and color.
3rd - 12th
Biology, Chemistry, General Science
Wind, Water, Weather, and Seasons Bilingual Word Wall/Flashcards
Bilingual Word Wall/Flashcards: This complete set of bilingual (Spanish to English) cards come in full color, each on 8 1/2 x 11'' paper with easy to read titles and descriptions (preview shows 4 cards on one page but purchased product will have one card/page). Students using these cards will benefit from seeing them in a word wall setting or as flash cards for personal use. Some cards contain more thorough descriptions in Spanish while others have simple word associations for easy, confidence
5th - 8th
Earth Sciences, Environment, General Science
Topographic Maps
Topographic Maps: This assignment will be a fun way to practice topographic map terminology, story-telling, and writing skills in science! This assignment can be used as homework, a station/center, or as a quick assessment.
8th
Earth Sciences, Vocabulary, Writing
Science Safety in the News
This is a great way to introduce reading, annotating text, reading comprehension, making inferences/predictions, and applying lab safety rules to everyday life during your first week of school. You can ask your students to choose their own science safety in the news article or provide a selection you have pre-screened for them. I like using Newsela, a free website that provides non-fiction and current event articles at various reading levels (a great way to differentiate off the bat!).
6th - 12th
Basic Principles, General Science
Astronomy Art Project
Astronomy Art Project: Some of the most talented artists found their greatest inspiration by thoughtfully examining the stars, moon, Sun, and the outer-stretches of our galaxy. Students will work individually to create an expression of art inspired by either the lunar cycle or the components of the universe. They should consider your favorite expression of art when choosing a model of their understanding! This assignment is GREAT for PreAP/GT students but can be adapted to all levels.
6th - 8th
Art, Astronomy, General Science
What is Science? Socratic Seminar
The "What is Science" Socratic seminar lesson is a great way to introduce expectations of annotating and dissecting text and practicing the model of Socratic seminar in Science. This product includes an excerpt from Richard Feynman's book "The Pleasure of Finding Things Out". The text you will be reading with your students is titled “Tyrannosaurus in my Window”. This product also has teacher preparation notes, two versions of the homework (a grade level and Pre-AP/GT version), instructions on
8th - 12th
General Science, Reading Strategies
Nearpod Fill-in-the-Blank Notes for Tides on Earth
Nearpod Fill-in-the-Blank Notes for Tides: This lesson is meant to be used with the interactive Nearpod lesson by Larissa Kelsey for 8th grade titled "Tides on Earth". Students can do the fill-in-the-blank notes while completing the interactive Nearpod notes during teacher-led instruction, at home as part of a "flipped" classroom, or with headphones on during a student choice learning experience. This is also great for students who need special accommodations that include (but are note limited
6th - 8th
Earth Sciences, Environment, General Science
Physics in the World Project and Gallery Walk
Physics in the World Project and Gallery Walk: Students will enjoy demonstrating their understanding of Physics concepts by applying newly acquired knowledge to topics they are passionate about. This assignment is specifically geared toward 8th grade Science TEKS and is best suited for Pre-AP or GT classes but can be adapted for grade level and co-teach sections. When students complete their trifold projects, they will have fun doing a gallery walk to see one another's work! I recommend purch
6th - 11th
General Science, Physical Science, Physics
Lab Safety Scavenger Hunt
Looking for fun ways to mix up your Lab Safety introduction/review? This lesson gives students a chance to meet other students in the classroom, familiarize themselves with the locations/uses of safety equipment, and move around the room (if you so choose). Win-win! With this product, you get two pages of scavenger hunt questions and a Teacher Notes page with suggestions on how to use this in your own classroom.
6th - 12th
Basic Principles, General Science
Science Safety in the News
This is a great way to introduce reading, annotating text, reading comprehension, making inferences/predictions, and applying lab safety rules to everyday life during your first week of school. You can ask your students to choose their own science safety in the news article or provide a selection you have pre-screened for them. I like using Newsela, a free website that provides non-fiction and current event articles at various reading levels (a great way to differentiate off the bat!).
6th - 12th
Basic Principles, General Science
Bell Ringers
Bell Ringers: Students enjoy engaging in a quick entrance or exit activity at the start and completion of class each day. This bell ringer activity sheet allows each student to complete two weeks worth of bell ringers (print double sided to save paper!). I use this bell ringer activity page in my secondary science classroom but it can be adapted to any subject area or grade level.
3rd - 12th
For All Subjects, General Science
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(formerly The Yellow Science Lab)
Hi! I am actively in the classroom serving as a STEM instructor to 5 sections of amazing STEM students! I am a master teacher with 15+ years of experience in the secondary science classroom. I also have one year of experience in curriculum and instruction (Science K-8). I am highly qualified with differentiating instruction for students who receive special education services and learners who qualify as GT. I'm PBLWorks certified, experienced with TinkerCad and 3D printing, and I run a full shop of power tools with my middle school students.
When I'm not facilitating awesome projects in the classroom, I'm in my gardening with my backyard chickens. Reach out and connect with me here and follow me on Instagram!
Teaching style
I love to engage learners young (and young at heart) in exploring, discovering, wondering, and being joyfully curious about the world around them.
Awards & shining teacher moments
I am currently serving as a mentor to a total of 12 Alamo city educators in the Firstmark Credit Union/San Antonio Museum of Science & Technology Educator Fellows program. I have served in the capacity of department head and other leadership roles on my campus on and off for 5+ years. In my early years of teaching, I received the "Pre-Service Teacher of the Year" award from my professors at the completion of my Masters program in 2009. My classroom was selected as model co-teach classroom for observations when our district was a finalist and ultimately won the HEB School of Excellence award for the best large school district in 2011. In 2014, my classroom was featured in a video produced by AT&T and DonorsChoose which can be viewed here: https://youtu.be/Hx19xa9dO1o
My own education history
I hold a Bachelor of Science with a major in Biology and a minor in Chemistry. I also am the first generation in my family to hold a Masters degree--I earned my Master of Arts in Education in 2009.
Additional biographical information
I am a Gryffindor, a Swiftie, and a backyard chicken enthusiast. I love to read both paperback and audio books. My dream home is a hobbit hole. I am passionate about encouraging joyful curiosity in children young and old (and most of all, in my own little ones at home).
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