Teaching Growing Doing

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Waddell, Arizona, United States

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I have spent my entire career in the elementary and middle school realm. I have taught first, second, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth grades! I've spent the last several years teaching middle school science. In 2018-2019 school year I left the traditional classroom to become a "special area" teacher. It's a cross between project based learning, STEM, design thinking, Library Skills, and College/Career readiness. I have over 15 years of teaching and look forward to many more.

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When Sparks Fly: The True Story of Robert Goddard an EDP Lesson and Activity

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🚀 Blast Off into STEM Learning with Robert Goddard! 🚀 Inspire your students with the incredible true story of Robert Goddard while engaging them in hands-on engineering and scientific thinking! This interactive lesson is built around the beautifully written book When Sparks Fly: The True Story of Robert Goddard, Father of U.S. Rocketry by Kristen Fulton and is perfect for bringing STEM to life in your classroom. What’s Included:This ready-to-use lesson plan guides students through an engagin

K - 6th

Engineering, Physics

The World is Not a Rectangle

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✨ Architect Zaha Hadid Inspired Engineering Design Process Activity ✨ Bring architecture, art, and engineering together with this engaging lesson inspired by the famous architect Zaha Hadid! Students will learn how architects use shapes from nature and the world around them to design unique buildings that blend into their environments. 📘 Featured Read-Aloud: The World is Not a Rectangle: A Portrait of Architect Zaha Hadid by Jeanette Winter🌟 What’s Included:Discussion Questions to guide con

2nd - 8th

Engineering, For All Subjects, Not Subject Specific

Engineering Everyday Improvements

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Challenge your 5th-8th grade students to take an everyday item and improve it with this 14 day PBL Engineering Design Process Unit. You will get 14 days of slides that include learning targets, what to grade, rubric for final project, CC standards and NGS standards, and ways to shorten the unit. Also included is a student design brief already set up for double sided printing. The design brief matches day by day with the slides. It also includes a rubric for the project and a self reflection base

5th - 8th

Engineering, Other (Arts), Other (ELA)

CCSS, NGSS

W.5.7

, W.6.7

, W.7.7

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Teaching style

I like to let my students explore with their learning. Of course their are times when direct instruction is necessary, but giving students a list of open ended essential questions and a variety of materials to use to find those answers is my favorite way to get the "boring" things done. I love to spend my time doing labs and have discussions about the learning going on in my room.

Awards & shining teacher moments

Graduated with high honors from both my degree programs. Nominated and Finalist for Teacher of the Year

My own education history

Arizona State University - BA Elementary Education George Mason University - MA Educational Leadership/Transformation

Additional biographical information

I have lived and taught all over the United States, so I know how different it can be! I'm also a mom, so I always try to think about what the parent end looks like when creating these activities. My husband, daughter, and 2 dogs now reside near sunny Phoenix, Arizona.