This year marks 21 years of teaching 🎉🎉🎉 I have taught all levels of 8th-grade science for 13 years. I am now in my eighth year teaching gifted and talented students from 1st to 5th grade. I also have extensive training in NGSS through the New Jersey Department of Education as well as the Utah Partnership.
Engineering Design includes three different stories which end in a dilemma for your little engineers to solve! Each story requires students to use the engineering design process to create and build a basic design to help the characters achieve their goals. This is a fun and engaging way to introduce students to the engineering design process as they build out of blocks, cups, craft sticks and more. Very easy classroom materials are required for each design. Each story comes with step by step
Brighten up your classroom with this informative STEAM Poster Set! Each branch of STEAM is defined and colorful! Easy to cut banner comes in coordinating colors or black and white for you to use your own colored printer paper. Set also comes with stars to add more fun!
Student's become little weathermen/women is this engaging NGSS unit! Students are introduced to the basic concepts of weather before describing what they see out their own window. Next, students record weather conditions each day in their Little Book of Weather for ten days Booklet comes in color and in black and white. Once observations are complete, students count up the number of sunny, cloudy and rainy days before making a colorful weather chart from their data. Finally, students compare
This year marks 21 years of teaching 🎉🎉🎉 I have taught all levels of 8th-grade science for 13 years. I am now in my eighth year teaching gifted and talented students from 1st to 5th grade. I also have extensive training in NGSS through the New Jersey Department of Education as well as the Utah Partnership.
Teaching style
Through my experience as a science teacher, I find that if I am excited about what I am teaching, my students are as well! Hands on, creative lessons maximize student engagement and learning. Let's have some fun!
Awards & shining teacher moments
Teacher of the Year 2021
Awarded PLC leader in 2011
Became honors teacher 2009
My own education history
I graduated from Temple University with a Bachelor's in Environmental Science. I received a Masters of Science degree from American Military University in Environmental Policy and Management.
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