Middle School Science

Hello Class, My name is Agnesa Freelove and I am taking this class to get an authorization to teach middle school science. I currently have a single subject math credential. I have taught high school math for three years and once my kids were born I took time off to raise my family.  Now that my kids are in school I am excited to get back into the classroom. I was lucky enough to have my kids accepted into a charter school. It is a great environment and over the last three years I have grown to love the school and faculty. A couple months ago I found out that one of the science teachers was going to be leaving and that is when I began my mission to add a science authorization to my credentials so I could be qualified to teach her classes. A week later I took the CSET and here I am now enrolled in this class. Growing up I was a gymnast for many years and I always enjoyed coaching the little kids before my workouts which later progressed into tutoring when I was in high school....

ESTP and ISTP overviews If your personality type is ESTP then you are an action oriented problem solver. You enjoy getting things done, and taking action to solve practical problems. You are in your element when there is a crisis requiring urgent action, which you are able to resolve. If you have any particular skills (e.g.: sports, crafts or sales) then you enjoy applying those skills to reach a tangible goal (winning a game, making a sale, or building something tangible). If your personality type is ISTP then have both a logical and a practical mind and therefore enjoy solving tangible problems. You are very interested in how things work, and may have a tendency to take things apart if you don't know how they work. You may also enjoy using your craftmanslike skills to fix things that are broken, or doing investigative work, collecting facts and clues to find out the truth of what has happened. After reviewing my personality test it is no wonder I love math and science. Lookin...

Looking at my results I see that I am Active, Sensing, Visual and Sequential learner.  In my classes I usually get a mix of students with these learning styles. Active and Reflective Learners tend to retain and understand information best by doing something active with it-discussing or applying it or explaining it to others. Reflective learners prefer to think about it quietly first. One of the strategies I use in my class is Think-Pair-Share.  This strategy allows for students who are reflective to have some time and think about the problem, but it also includes an opportunity for the active learners to discuss and share their thoughts. Sensing leraners tend to like learning facts, intutive learners often prefer discovering possiblities and relationships. When learning vocabuary in a class I tend to use a graphic organizer and reach out to the sensing learners, but before moving on I might show a video to connect all the concepts so that I can reach all my student...