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Regina, the educator behind The Awkward Octopus, has been teaching for over 20 years in an urban school district in northern New Jersey. Her goal is to help science teachers who are Making Science A Verb®️in their classrooms!
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Good News AP Environmental Science End of Year Project
My fellow APES teachers,If you're anything like me, the end of the year sneaks up FAST and suddenly you need something meaningful, positive, and low-prep for your students right now. This resource is fresh off the presses—I literally rolled it out to my own APES class today (5/20/2025). Because it’s brand new and not fully polished, you’re getting it at a discounted price before the final version drops. Teacher instructions are coming soon, but the student directions are ready to go and easy to
12th
Earth Sciences, Environment
NGSS
HS-ESS3-4
Coral Life Classification Project
Coral Life Classification: A Marine Taxonomy Final ProjectBring your classification unit to life with this engaging, multi-modal final project! Designed to bridge the gap between theoretical taxonomy and real-world application, the Coral Life Classification Project challenges students to organize and model a diverse coral reef ecosystem using the principles of shared ancestral traits. What’s Included?Flexible Organism Lists: Scaffolded lists of marine organisms to prevent student overwhelm.Leve
8th - 12th
Environment, Marine Science
NGSS
HS-LS4-1
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Regina, the educator behind The Awkward Octopus, has been teaching for over 20 years in an urban school district in northern New Jersey. Her goal is to help science teachers who are Making Science A Verb®️in their classrooms!
Teaching style
Whatever works! I believe that before you can teach students anything, you need to build a relationship with them first! I live for the connections between topics, and am always stressing how one biological topic is connected to other science topics, as well as multidisciplinary connections as well. My students complain all the time that they don't understand why they learn math, writing, reading, history, and computer skills in my class. I feel like I know I'm doing something right when I get those complaints!
Awards & shining teacher moments
Regina was in the first cohort of the Wipro Science Education Fellowship for Science Teacher Leaders through Montclair State University, and continues to work with the program today. Some of her projects have included: working with science content area teachers and their inclusion special education counterparts, creating cross-curricular math/science lesson plans, coaching elementary school teachers, and facilitating high school level professional learning communities. She is currently working with a fellow science teacher and faculty at Montclair State University to bring real world meaning to their environmental science classes.
Wipro is an international technology company. The program, which began in Boston, MA, has now spread to multiple states beyond MA and NJ, including NY, FL, TX and CA.
My own education history
Regina has her BS in Marine Science, a MS in Biology, and and MEd in Teacher Leadership.
Additional biographical information
In Regina's spare time, she enjoys reading, especially science fiction and fantasy, volunteering at a local cat rescue, and playing with her niblings. She is perpetually disappointed to find that no one has discovered dragons as of yet.
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