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Civic Scientist School Outreach Program
Civic Scientist School Outreach Program
My classroom participated in Rice University's Civic Scientist School Outreach Program in the fall of 2019. Two Scientists spoke with my students about their research:
André W. Droxler, Ph.D.: a professor in the Department of Earth Science at Rice University. He spoke with us about becoming a scientist against stacked odds, and his research on coral reefs.
Robert Laroche, Graduate Student in the Department of BioSciences at Rice University (pictured at left). He spoke with us about ecology and evolution, what it is like to be a graduate student, and taught us about galls native to Houston and the insects and trees that make them.
TEACHING AP CHEMISTRY
TEACHING AP CHEMISTRY
2020-2021
2020-2021
The AP Chemistry teacher at my school left at the end of the 2019-2020 school year and no teachers wanted to teach the course. Because I feel deeply that schools should offer rigorous STEM classes, especially when students want to take the courses, I offered to teach the course. It is quite humbling to take on a new course when you have 20+ years of teaching experience. I put myself through a whirlwind summer brush-up course for college chemistry including watching the College Board's review videos made for AP Chemistry students, taking an APSI course, finding a mentor to help me with the content and materials, and doing lots and lots of practice problems! I also joined a group called "AP Teach" that holds monthly sessions to help AP Chemistry teachers share resources which has been invaluable to me.
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