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Using Manipulatives in the Biology Classroom
It's hard to believe that this is my 12th year as a High School Science & Biology teacher... somehow I've gone from being one of the...


Building Investigation Skills in Grade 10 Science
As a 10th grade Integrated Science teacher one of my biggest responsibilities is to help prepare my students for the IB Diploma Program,...


Teaching Internationally in the Time of Covid-19
In March 2020 my current school in Rabat, Morocco went into Virtual school as the country declared a state of emergency. This was a...


Tide Pools: Where Earth Science & Ecology Come Together
This week my co-teacher and I took our Grade 9 Integrated Science students on a field trip to a local beach with lots of interesting tide...


Growing my NGSS Skill Set
This weekend I have been digging into the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and pedagogy at the Mediterranean Association of...


New School Year, New Country
Today was the first day of school at Rabat American School, my new home for the next few years. I will be teaching IB DP Biology (both SL...


Congrats CIC Class of 2019!
Today my first all-female Biology class walked across the stage to receive their High School Diplomas. The dynamic in this class was so...


CIC's Group 4 Project: Freshwater Testing in Caracas
Today CIC's Seniors went out into Caracas to collect data on a collaborative assessment of freshwater quality in two rivers in Caracas....


I did it! Masters of Environmental Studies + me = Convocation!
After two years of hard work today I got to walk across the stage at York University's Keele Campus to receive my Masters of...


Settling in at CIC in Caracas, Venezuela
I've been in Venezuela for about a month now and I am starting to find my groove, at school with my students as well as at home in this...
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