Tim Yoder
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Lawrenceville, Georgia, United States
About the store
Six years ago I retired after spending 43 years in public school classrooms. In my career I taught grades four through eight, and most recently I taught middle school math and science .
I also spent seven years as an adjunct professor for Brenau University in Gainesville, GA. I taught the following classes to preservice teachers in the School of Education: Classroom Management, Teaching Math, and Teaching Science.
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Video Lab - Magnetic and Nonmagnetic Metals
This resource involves testing the following 21 items for magnetism: aluminum cube, bolt, brass nut, cobalt pieces, 2014 dime, fishing sinker, gold ring, lodestone, meteorite, nickel cube, 2000 dollar coin, 1943 penny, 1972 penny, 2019 penny, 1964 quarter, silver bar, solder, stainless steel spoon, steel slug, steel wool, and a zinc strip. All the items have one or more types of metal in them, and the goal is to determine what metals are magnetic. There are two components of this resource: a vid
3rd - 6th
Physical Science, Science
Video Lab - Buoyancy of Objects in Water
This resource involves testing the following 21 items for buoyancy in water: baseball, can of Orange Fanta, can of Diet Coke, chalk, clothespin, cork, crayon, golf ball, ice cube, marble, orange, paraffin candle, peeled orange, plastic comb, plastic preform, potato, pumice stone, rubber stopper, tennis ball, wood from an ironwood tree, and a wooden cube (oak). There are two components of this resource: a video and a lab sheet. The duration of the video is 16:03, and it is accessed via a vimeo
3rd - 6th
General Science, Science
Video Lab - Conductors and Nonconductors of Electricity
This resource involves testing the following 21 items to see if they are conductors of electricity: aluminum foil, brass cube, copper cube, cotton cloth, distilled water, glass test tube, gold ring, key, magnetite, paraffin candle, pencil graphite, plastic jar lid, potato slice, quartz, rubber ball, salt water, silver dollar, stainless steel fork, styrofoam, wooden stick, and zinc. There are two components of this resource: a video and a lab sheet. The duration of the video is 13:51, and it is a
3rd - 6th
Physical Science, Science
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About the store
Experience
Six years ago I retired after spending 43 years in public school classrooms. In my career I taught grades four through eight, and most recently I taught middle school math and science .
I also spent seven years as an adjunct professor for Brenau University in Gainesville, GA. I taught the following classes to preservice teachers in the School of Education: Classroom Management, Teaching Math, and Teaching Science.
Teaching style
My goal was to make my lessons come alive through whatever means possible so that all of my students were actively engaged as they strived to reach their highest potential.
Awards & shining teacher moments
--1987 Teacher of the Year - Academy Central School, Tulsa, OK
--1999 Teacher of the Year - Simonton Elementary School,
Lawrenceville, GA
--1999 Teacher of the Year Finalist - Gwinnett County Public Schools,
Gwinnett County, GA
--2003 Achieved National Board Certification
--2005 Teacher of the Year - McConnell Middle School, Loganville, GA
--Presented at the National Science Teachers Association national conference in Atlanta, GA
My own education history
--Bachelor's Degree in Elementary Education
--Master's Degree in School Administration
--Educational Specialist's Degree in Middle Grades Math and Science
Additional biographical information
My beautiful wife Sherri and I have been very happily married for 37 years. We have three children: Rebekah (who is a third grade teacher ), Rachel (who is a registered nurse working in an emergency room), and Andrew (who is a computer software engineer.)
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