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.
Want to give a fun treat this Valentine's Day? Students are introduced to Little Gnome who lost his way while delivering his Valentine cards. Students are asked to help Little Gnome get home with the help of his gnome friends. Students work through a series of 5 worksheets with addition and subtraction problems. Each worksheet also has LIttle Gnome's friends giving him encouragement and directions home! Students self-check their work before beginning the next worksheet with complete answer k
Little Gnome needs some help! After picking sugar berries in the forest, he can't seem to find his way back home! Students complete 5 worksheets, each with a different gnome giving Little Gnome directions home! After each worksheet is completed, students received the next worksheet, getting closer and closer to Little Gnome's home! After all five worksheets are completed, students are given a beautiful coloring page of Little Gnome and all his friends in the forest home! Worksheets are as f
A fun, engaging and collaborative activity that allows student groups to act as a chocolate chip resource company! The purpose of this activity is for students to understand the difficulty of mining earth's resources without destroying the environment. Students must mine as many chocolate chips as they can while being mindful of preserving the environment that holds the resource. After the resource has been mined, students calculate their profit before deducting any fines if the environment i
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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