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I am a second year, sixth grade science teacher. I have always been, and will continue to be a science student. I love to learn and experience things new to me. In the past ten years or so I have become greatly attuned to the belief that people are intricately connected to the natural world around us. I have broadened my personal knowledge by completing Penn States’ Master Gardening Program through our local extension office and joining the local garden club. I owe my interest in flowers to my older sister Patricia whom has earned a Doctorate in Botany from Connecticut University. We love to take walks together in our local woods and point out tiny little plants to each other noticing the petals, leaf shapes, stems, the soil nearby, and the time of year we saw certain plants. The outdoors is the perfect classroom. In high school and junior high I can barely remember the science teachers and what they taught. I do remember that my best friend Patty was infatuated with our chemistry teacher, that he was rumored to be a Detroit cop at night and weekends, and that he helped rile students into having a sit-in during the Vietnam War. Biology was with another Detroit cop. Biology was better than chemistry with real experiments on a regular basis. I recall more hands-on activities and learning how to write up lab reports. I loved watching movies in science. The movies showed cool things like flowers growing and blooming in two minutes, decomposing logs, things that we didn’t see in the classroom.
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