1999, Montana State University

• Contributed to the EYH mission as a mentor by being enthusiastic about STEM and learning alongside middle school-age girls

• Facilitated research and exploration activity on cow fistulation

• Encouraged participants to foster curiosity and develop scientific thinking

• Expanding Your Horizons (EYH) - STEAM Alliance

2008-2011, Maine RiSE Center

• Michael Whittmann, PI

• Assisted with research project to help promote Project-Based Learning (PBL) in middle school science classrooms

• Acted as liaison, bridging a gap between Higher Education researcher (PI) and rural teachers to encourage participation at any level, which resulted in developing fundamentals of PBL curriculum as a group

2008, Schoodic Institute

• • Assisted in facilitating middle school science teacher workshops on collecting, displaying, interpreting, and communicating about data

2008 - 2018, Content Assessment

(1) Closer to the Formative Assessment category, I created daily Start-Ups and Exit Tickets for each lesson.

• Example Start-Up for online Physics course: Start Up - First Day + Diffusion

(2) For the majority of my units, I created pre-and post-tests to measure understanding.

(3) In my Physics 1010 classes, I wrote a pre-test based on some of the fundamental concepts for the course.

• Physics Pre- and Post-test

(4) For Physics 1010, I also administered an Algebra pre-test after I identified a common lack in certain subjects

• Algebra Pre- and Post-test

2017, Alpine Lake and Fire Ecology
Professional Development Research program

• • Training at University of Colorado Critical Zone Observatory and Mountain Research Station

  • Content: 

    • Fire ecology

    • Watershed research and preservation

    • Glacier health

    • Water quality testing 

    • High alpine forest ecology

    • High alpine lake ecology

  • Adapted into: 

    • CZO Earth Systems Science Classroom Integration Lesson

    • Physics of Snowpack lecture

    • Mountains and Rivers Course: see below

2018, Venture High School Mountains & Rivers course

• • Water quality testing in Big Cottonwood, Little Cottonwood, and Ogden Canyons

  • Fieldtrip and watershed study of receding waters in Desolation Lake