As part of my student teaching practicum in graduate school, I was placed at Jefferson Junior High School in Southwest D.C. under the. mentorship of a 30+ year veteran of teaching science to adolescents. At the time, she was teaching 6th grade life sciences and 9th grade biology.


Skills: Inquiry-based learning design · Observational skills scaffolding · Science content integration · Student worksheet development · Museum object-based learning · Live specimen interpretation · Ecosystem concepts · Collaborative data collection · Pre/during/post visit sequencing