I am a wife, mother of boy/girl twins, science teacher, nature explorer, artist, and all-around creative person. My preferred grade level is middle and high school which I have 6 years experience in teaching. I plan on completing my Masters in Education from Northwest Nazarene University in the spring of 2012.
Growing up on my family's farm in Eastern Idaho gave me an appreciation for the natural world and hard work. I grew up feeding cows,riding horses, driving tractors, participating in 4-H and FFA, and raising a small sheep herd that paid for my first year of college. When I'm not teaching, I'm chasing my 4 year old twins, Jack and Clara, working in my garden, working on my latest painting or mixed media collage, scrap booking, or jeeping and camping with my family.
I am also a tech person, I love technology and as of 5 years ago, a convert to all things Mac. Just to prove how much of a "techie" I am ask me how many blogs I maintain? Three. Plus I have a couple of wiki sites I'm working on too!
My teaching style is a mix of structured lessons and stand up performer. When I am teaching I feel that I am on a stage engaging my student "audience", using my knowledge and sense of humor to get my students involved and interested in science. I know that I have done my job well when I see and hear students expressing an interest in how the world around them works.
Whenever possible, I use technology to bring the real world into the classroom. If we are studying volcanoes, I like to take my students here, to see the live web cam at Mount St. Helen's observatory. Or to help students visualize different lava flows we can go here to view real time videos at the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory.
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