Philosophy

All of my students are important to me and I strive to provide them with the opportunities needed to grow from where they are to where they want to be.

In my classroom this is accomplished through a combination of direct instruction, demonstrating problem solving and scientific thinking strategies, guided practice, phenomena based demonstrations, question asking, group inquiry based learning and practice, and independent practice.

Throughout the learning process students have an opportunity to observe phenomena, construct explanations, design experiments to support or refute proposed explanations, and finally use data and modeling to justify their proposed claims and  to communicate their understanding.  

My overall goal as a science teacher is to help my students to think scientifically and use their learned skills to understand the natural world, make informed decisions,  and to expand human knowledge by making new discoveries!