I taught for over a decade in classrooms from K-8th grade, both as an ELL specialist and general education teacher. I love working collaboratively with other teachers to create interdisciplinary content that meets the needs of all learners. I love spending time outside in every way- camping, hiking, and learning about new flora and fauna. I've lived in many places across the country and have seen the effects of climate change on our land and water, I am excited to work with a team who is passionate about teaching about our planet and the effects of human activity.
In this lesson, students learn about habitats and how plants, prey, and predators interact based on their needs. Students see how factors like warming temperatures and human interactions can alter habitats and affect wildlife.
Inquire: Students watch trail camera clips to note the biodiversity in a habitat.
Investigate: Students play the Biodiversity Game to simulate the interactions between living things.
Inspire: Students sketch a picture showing an interaction they had during the game and explain it using cause and effect language.
In this lesson, students use a base number (1,000, 100, or 20) to compare the numbers of extinct, endangered, and vulnerable species and consider how their actions can help protect animals and plants.
Inquire: Students estimate the number of living things in a group to get a sense of the large number of species in the world.
Investigate: Students write numbers to represent the number of living things on the IUCN's Red List.
Inspire: Students compare and contrast numbers to compare groups of living things, reflecting on how to help living things in their community.
This lesson features a read-aloud to activate background knowledge and connect to all types of water around the world. After learning about freshwater and saltwater, students take a deep dive into estuaries through yoga and role-play.
Inquire: Students listen to a read aloud of the book Wet by Carey Sookocheff and write about their own interactions with water.
Investigate: Students view graphics and obtain background knowledge about the types and locations of water in the world.
Inspire: Students engage in a series of yoga poses to learn more about estuaries and make connections between estuaries and the concepts they learned in the Investigate section.
In this lesson, students use graphing and measurement to collect data on the potential causes of sea level rise as they visit different learning stations. Students consider how to use art as a medium to inform others about their learning and dispel misconceptions.
Inquire: Students complete a graphing activity to represent the changes in sea level rise and predict why this is happening.
Investigate: Students test their ideas about why the sea level is rising, discover their misconceptions, and confirm predictions through measurement and graphing.
Inspire: Students link art to awareness and create a mural to spread knowledge about sea level rise in their own community and dispel misconceptions.
In this lesson, students design and execute an experiment to learn about what plants need to survive and communicate their findings to others.
Inquire: Students observe the differences between freshwater, brackish water, and saltwater in order to make predictions about what plants need to survive.
Investigate: Students design and carry out an experiment to test their predictions about what type of water is best for some plants.
Inspire: Students communicate what they learned in an original song.
In this lesson, students reflect on plant growth in salty soil through art and reading leveled texts. Students write their own text to explain their learning.
Inquire: Students use art to reflect on the effects of salt on some plants.
Investigate: Students read about the effects of salinity on crops around the world and consider the requirements for plant survival in a different context.
Inspire: Students combine knowledge from the unit and write a text about their learning.
This read aloud is an entry point to discussing the importance of water in our lives. Students will listen to a story about a young child who interacts with water throughout the day. Students will make connections to their own lives and consider where and how they use water.
In this activity, students engage with reading, writing, and comparing numbers to better understand the effects of human activity on the world’s organisms. Each section of the 1,000 Number Packet highlights a different species whose habitat has been impacted by climate change.
In this activity, students will research and write about a threatened species from their area. This activity encourages students to consider how to help a species that may be threatened due to climate change, which is an entry point into a discussion about how our actions may be harmful or helpful to other living things.
Through this book, students will learn about the impacts of sea level rise on farming communities in Bangladesh. There are three versions of the text representing varying Lexile levels.
In this resource, teachers can learn how to handle students' anxiety with understanding while providing a safe space to discuss and explore their feelings.
Through this book, students will learn about the impacts of sea level rise on farming communities. There are three versions of the text representing varying Lexile levels.
In this decodable book, students will learn how to use a "sit spot" or a quiet place in nature to observe and notice animals and plants in their area. This encourages students to notice the natural world around them and engenders a desire to protect it. The book features r-controlled vowels, high-frequency words, words with consonant blends, short vowels, and long vowels using silent e.