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Urbana Middle School
1201 S. Vine Street
Urbana, Illinois 61801
Urbana
District #116
8th Grade Science Teacher
UMS Science Olympiad Coach
Biographical Information:
I graduated from the University of Illinois in the spring of 1989 with a B.S. in Life Science Education. In the fall of 1989 I began teaching at Urbana Middle School as an eighth grade science teacher and Science Olympiad Coach. Science Olympiad is a wonderful program that involves students in scientific problem solving. I have served as the Champaign Regional Science Olympiad Director since 1994.I teach on a 7 member interdisciplinary academic team. The team consists of the following teachers: English, social studies, math, science, reading/families, LD resource, and BD resource.
In my teaching experience, I have become very interested in technology in science education. I have found that students become very engaged when they are given the oppurtunity to conduct "real" science in a hands on environment. Technology and science are tied together and it it is important to introduce students to as many technologies as possible.
The National Center For Supercomputing Applications(NCSA) has provided many oppurtunities to link current science technologies to the classroom through web based curricular tools and activities. Some of these are Chickscope, RSE, Biology Workbench, and MapIT!.
My interest in the CTER program is to continue to develop Web based curriculum and learn how to effectively incorporate technology into my classroom.
