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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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
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
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
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About the store
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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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