Students who want to
teach high school biology would earn a degree in biology, but with the intention of earning a teaching certificate upon graduation.
I used to
teach high school biology, but now I'm a private science tutor because I hated how much the administration focused on test scores and test - taking skills over fostering love of science and learning.
She went on to obtain a teaching credential and
taught high school biology and French for six years before attending Palmer College of Chiropractic.
Cindy Huff holds a BA in Biology from Xavier University, and
taught high school biology in Cincinnati, OH.
Prior to his career as a veterinarian, Dr. Waterhouse
taught high school biology and chemistry.
Mkumpha, 31, was
teaching high school biology when he accepted the opportunity to serve as his country's sole conservationist in 2010.
Not exact matches
You don't have to go very far down that road before you start thinking about creation science or scientific creationism, or get involved in
school board squabbles about whether Genesis should be
taught alongside of evolution in
high school biology courses.
The 1925 «Monkey» trial of John Scopes, a
high school biology teacher who
taught evolution, drove fundamentalists underground, some say.
Even though I attended a public
high school, where I took two
biology courses, my teachers essentially skipped the first few chapters of our science textbook and declared them «too controversial» to
teach.
Even the courts have now thrown out this silly belief when creationist tried to sue UCLA for not accepting xstian
high school credits from
biology classes where it was
taught.
I
teach an undergraduate
biology lab as well as an online
high school Oceanography course.
I completed an M.A.T. in secondary education, specializing in
biology, at Winthrop University with the intent of
teaching high -
school science, but I decided instead to enter the University of Toledo's doctoral program in
biology because the kid in me still wanted to learn how things worked.
Gardner cautions that when religious superstition should be on the wane, it is easy «to forget that thousands of
high school teachers of
biology, in many of our southern states, are still afraid to
teach the theory of evolution for fear of losing their jobs.»
A
high school biology teacher inspired him to pursue a
teaching career.
Black
teaches the most advanced
biology class available at her
high school in Kenmore, Wash..
When he learned that his
high school biology teacher refused to
teach evolution for religious reasons, he boycotted the class.
October 1964 Evolution and Creation «Biblical fundamentalists are once again in conflict with biologists, this time as a result of efforts by the National Science Foundation to raise the level of
high school biology teaching.
As a child, Zhang moved with his family from China to Des Moines, where he worked in a gene therapy lab as a
high school student; the experience
taught him to think about
biology from an engineering point of view.
She spends some of her time
teaching marine
biology to
high school students at UCSC's Long Marine Lab, and she says that before Blackfish came out, «the kids were giddy to meet our dolphins.
High school biology classes
teach us that the circulatory system pumps blood and the digestive system pumps food.
Miller still works in the area's
school district, teaching honors biology to ninth graders and anatomy and physiology to 10th through 12th graders at Dover Area Senior High S
school district,
teaching honors
biology to ninth graders and anatomy and physiology to 10th through 12th graders at Dover Area Senior
High SchoolSchool.
High school biology students are
taught Mendel's laws of genetic inheritance.
And Project 2061, the AAAS science literacy initiative, is working with teachers in Colorado, Maryland, Boston, and Washington, D.C., on a module that prepares middle -
school students for
high school biology — by
teaching them chemistry.
With
teaching facilities in Long Island and New York City, it brings a hands - on approach to learning about
biology and genomes to classrooms and homes of children in primary
schools, middle
schools, and
high schools.
Before receiving advanced degrees she received a California
Teaching Credential from California State University Los Angeles and
taught high school science and
biology for six years.
Veronica Segarra, an assistant professor of
biology at
High Point University, shares how her graduate
school experiences in
teaching and outreach inspired her to pursue a career in science that combines bench work,
teaching and outreach.
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High school biology taught us that we inherit certain traits from our parents that are pre-determined.
Back in the day, physicians looked at insulin as having just one single primary role in the body, the same role we're all
taught in
high school biology — the removal and storage of sugar from the blood after a meal.
As an experienced
high school science teacher with degrees in
biology and life sciences, Jason has been reimagining how we
teach health since before he ever discovered Functional Medicine.
Michele Naber, who
teaches regular and AP
biology at Mission Viejo
High School, in Mission Viejo, California, assigns MIT's practice problems to her students as in - class assignments and on tests.
High school biology teacher Mr. Kyriakos was the one who helped Rachel Poff find her strengths: «He
taught me that I was smart.
Irene Ornovitz, who
teaches biology and botany at Jonathan Dayton
High School, in Springfield, New Jersey, has used a number of CIESE units, including ones on air pollution and population growth, as well as a collaborative project on human genetics.
In a 2011 issue of Science magazine (summarized without a paywall here), Penn State political scientists Michael Berkman and Eric Plutzer surveyed a nationally representative sample of public
high -
school biology teachers and found that only 28 percent of them consistently implement National Research Council standards for the
teaching of evolution.
Geoff Ruth
teaches chemistry and
biology at Leadership
High School in San Francisco.
Tracy Sheehan, who
teaches biology and bioethics both for VHS and at Westborough
High School, in Westborough, Massachusetts, says she hears from students online who would probably remain silent in class, especially when
teaching bioethics.
Education Review reported that in his PhD thesis for the University of Sydney, Simon Crook — demonstrated that
teaching with laptops helped NSW Year 12 students achieve better results in
Higher School Certificate
biology, chemistry and physics.
Prior to this position, Dat
taught biology and environmental science for middle and
high school students.
There, he developed his passion for marine
biology and spent time
teaching kindergartners the various adaptations of fish and led
high school students to the Bahamas to learn about marine taxonomy and morphology.
«I tell people that you should take the tests the first time to see what you're in for, because you're not going to pass them,» said Lisa Rath, who
teaches environmental science and
biology at Birmingham
High School in Los Angeles.
He has
taught sixth and seventh grade science,
high school physics, science and society, and AP
biology.
Before engaging in the nonprofit sector, Dr. McDowell created and implemented an environmental science and
biology program at Napa New Technology
High School, infusing 1:1 technology, innovative
teaching and assessment, and leveraging student voice in the classroom.
He has also coached teachers in
schools across Hawai`i and
taught algebra,
biology, and environmental science at L.W. Higgins
High School in Marrero, Louisiana, where he served as a TFA corps member.
I have been
teaching high school science (chemistry, physics, and
biology) for the past 20 years in Los Angeles County in classrooms filled primarily with students of color.
Ask any
high school biology instructor:
Teaching kids about evolution is a science.
A
high school science department
teaching students in grades 9 - 12 worked together for a week during the summer and monthly throughout the
school year to design and implement common assessments in both physical science and
biology.
After examining our students» contexts, we may find that find it appealing to pursue success on an exam that will increase students» life opportunities but is not aligned to the course they are
teaching (such as a
High School Exit Exam that measures mastery of some components of algebra (your course) but also components of language arts, chemistry,
biology, economics, geometry, U.S. history and world history).
The Thoughtful Education Program helps a
high school biology teacher revitalize her approach to
teaching 9th graders about DNA.
The excerpt has a Flesch - Kincaid grade level of 12.0 (and
high school biology is typically
taught in ninth or tenth grade).
In the first «residency» year, you'll learn the basics of how to build relationships with students, families and colleagues; you'll apply proven strategies for establishing a positive and productive classroom culture; you'll learn
teaching strategies specific to the grade levels and subject areas that you
teach (e.g.,
high school biology); and you'll develop skills in lesson planning and assessment design.
Jacqueline came to D.C. as a
Teach for America (TFA) corps member and
taught biology at Dunbar Senior
High School where she began her family engagement work, implementing a problem - based module for students and their families on bioethics.