Evidence | Artifacts (All | Highlights | Stories)
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Straw Stretch Lab
This lab was a response to students relying on teacher expertise too much. I was confident that the students had enough background to figure out the assignment and since it was hands-on, they had feedback from the instrument that they were building. Interestingly, this also produced novel designs for the instrument from pan-pipes (the intended)…
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Formative Pro-Dev: Exploratorium
https://www.sfgate.com/education/article/SAN-FRANCISCO-Science-teachers-with-an-Iron-2742305.php In the summer of 2004, I attended the exploratorium teacher institute and was invited to be an assistant teacher in the future. The intent of the program was to bring more hands-on science into the classroom using everyday materials (rather than fancy lab equipment). This was where I met Paul Doherty who was a…
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Early EPS
Involving students in making the classroom a better place. This was 2005-06 Scientific Thinking 3. This proposal was generated through a class discussion and this document was the follow-up. I have always found success in being upfront with students surrounding the learning environment that is the most enjoyable. When it is off the rails, it…
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Science for Lil Bentley
A mini-class where students developed science lessons (with demonstrations) for elementary school students. This is a pdf of a webpage from 2003. The page was built for students to be able to share their experience with parents and friends.
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Honors Precalc – Buying a Car
Car buying unit (to teach exponential growth and other financing systems). Students researched cars, learned the math involved in financing and leasing in addition to practicing negotiation skills. Ali el-Gasseir was our theatre teacher and came in to play car dealer for the students. One parent took their student’s project back to the Toyota dealership…
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Syllabi
Note core beliefs around respect for fellow classmates and personal responsibility in addition to encouragement to ask questions. Textured repeating backgrounds were all the rage in web pages in 2001. Over the years, the syllabi evolved. Here is a 2004-05 one for AP Physics. And the emphasis on collaboration 2014-15 Math Beyond the Numbers Math…
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First Assignment
This is the first assignment I ever created. Intended to get to know the students quickly and figure out their relationship with math as a subject. My course plan was somewhat altered by what was about to happen on the September 11th the following Tuesday.
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Year One: Self and Student Evaluation
Note, on the self/teacher evaluation 1 was high (pg 1) whereas, on the student evaluation, 5 was high (pg 2-6). Enthusiasm for material, subject knowledge and treating students with fairness and respect came easily to me in the classroom. Professionalism and other duties as assigned did as well outside of the classroom. Students and colleagues…
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Teaching Math to Lower Bentley
Teaching is a great form of learning, below is the assignment I built for math students in my first year. The engagement and empowerment of those students in that process would send me down a path that anchored nearly every course in a project of some sort. Sadly, I forgot my camera that day (no…