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Amy George

I am in my 5th year of teaching science at in high needs, urban high schools in Dayton, Ohio. I have a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering Technology and was a process/quality engineer for 10 years. I am starting a new chapter teaching Physics abroad. That was awhile back! I have owned a makerspace in China for the last two years and offer professional development services to schools beginning or strengthening their STEAM programs.

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Science Teacher in Urban Public Schools

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Recent Posts by Amy

Thu Sep 06, 2018 9:50 PM in Physics and Math
Physics is about ideas and the math is the language used to concretely express those ideas. When they have a solid grasp of the idea through hands-on experimentation and observation, the math starts to take shape naturally. When they get to the point where they develop their own unique ideas, they can hire someone who's good at math through their grant. No worries. I teach in China. I refu...

Mon Mar 26, 2018 9:06 PM in Physics Songs
I like Mr. Parr's science songs. I often play them as background music during class activities and afterschool. Kids often tell me that I ruined the real songs for them, because they can only remember the science lyrics when they hear it on the radio, because i play them so often.

Mon Mar 05, 2018 10:56 AM in Periodic Table
do it as a puzzle in groups. give them all the elements as individual squares with basic information- atomic number, amu, and symbol. Let them arrange it in any way they could imagine. When their alloted time is up, have them explain their reasoning for their arrangement and compare the groups.





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My favorite bookmarks

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These are all my favorite web links



http://books.google.com/books?id=R7 GB4QvhfAC&pg=PA217&lpg=PA217&dq=slavin+tgt&source=bl&ots=awr-1fe
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http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-04252005-093016/unrestricted/SchoolDivisionClimate.pd
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A Few Loose Ends
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Air Mass Matters: Creating a Need-to-Know
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Chemistry

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Staying organized and keeping resources together



A Glimpse of Things to Come
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“Melting” Apples: Using a Temperature Graph to Show Phase Changes in Applesauce
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