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Brittany Jerlinga

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Mendelian Genetics Unit: Lesson 7: Your Monster and Punnet Squares

By Brittany Jerlinga

Now that students know how to set up Punnet squares and predict future genotypes and phenotypes, have them do the same with their monsters! Students will pick a partner in class, and their two monsters will fall in love and have many monster

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Biology

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6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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Activities, Interactive Whiteboard

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Mink Dissection

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This is the presentation I created to help my students through each major step of a mink dissection. While the presentation came in handy, I also modeled each step for them, but tried not to show them TOO much as I went-- there's something great in

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Basic Principles, Biology

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6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th

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Mendelian Genetics Unit: Lesson 6: Intro to Punnet Squares

By Brittany Jerlinga

Before students can continue their monster project, they need to learn how to organize information about alleles, and predict future offspring using Punnet squares! This lesson focuses on how to organize information without a Punnet square, and

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Biology

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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Worksheets, Activities, Interactive Whiteboard

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Plants: Lesson 2: Transpiration & the Xylem

By Brittany Jerlinga

In this lesson, students will take the journey through a plant via the perspective of a water droplet (traveling with a mineral). By reading an adventure-like story and illustrating it, the teacher can easily check for understanding, then later,

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Creative Writing, Biology, Informational Text

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6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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Worksheets, Interactive Whiteboard, Internet Activities

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6 Investigations: How does learning happen? (Based on Brain Rules!)

By Brittany Jerlinga

During the first week of school, before I start digging into inquiry, I like to illuminate how I use brain research in my teaching-- no matter what content or process is. The easiest way to show students the rationale behind everything from homework

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General Science

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6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th

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Activities, Interactive Whiteboard, Simulations

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Rocks & Minerals Unit: Lesson 4: Mineral Identification Investigation!

By Brittany Jerlinga

Overview: Today, we take the level of rigor higher! To review mineral property vocab, students do a quick crossword puzzle, and then read a rap/poem about a girl who'd asked for diamonds but got something questionable. Then, after checking their

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Earth Sciences

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6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th

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Activities, Interactive Whiteboard

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Rocks & Minerals Unit: Lesson 1: Mineral Relevance

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While some students are inherently interested in rocks and minerals (I always get a rock hound or two) most middle schoolers find the topic boring. To start the unit on rocks and minerals, I've designed a whole lesson on mineral relevance so

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Basic Principles, Earth Sciences, Environment

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th

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Activities, Interactive Whiteboard

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Mendelian Genetics Unit: Lesson 1: Inherited vs. Acquired Traits

By Brittany Jerlinga

This lesson (60-80 minutes) was created to introduce genetics to 6-8th graders by introducing the word "trait"-- students will identify traits (initially physical, but then medical and behavioral) in celebrities and themselves that are both

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Biology

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6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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Worksheets, Interactive Whiteboard, Internet Activities

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Rocks & Minerals Unit: Lesson 3: Mineral Properties

By Brittany Jerlinga

This lesson, designed to take 2-3 90-minute class periods, introduces students to mineral properties through a mystery story. Through a series of hands-on tests (including hardness and streak), categorization activities (including luster), logic

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Earth Sciences

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th

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Activities, Interactive Whiteboard, Graphic Organizers

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Plants: Lesson 8: Pollination & Angiosperm Reproduction

By Brittany Jerlinga

Students explore pollination and angiosperm reproduction by looking at real flowers, playing online games, reading stories, drawing and more. As a brain break, students also have a run-around scavenger hunt to review previous plant information.

Subjects:

Biology, Short Stories, Reading Strategies

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th

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Handouts, Interactive Whiteboard, Internet Activities

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Mendelian Genetics Unit: Lesson 5: Mendelian Monster Project

By Brittany Jerlinga

In the first part of this culminating genetics project, students will randomly design and illustrate their own monsters. On the final illustration, students will label both genotypes and phenotypes of their monster. In the next two lessons,

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Biology

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6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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Projects, Activities, Interactive Whiteboard

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Rocks & Minerals Unit: Lesson 2: Mineral Structures & Composition (PDF Version)

By Brittany Jerlinga

This lesson will take at least two 90-minute class periods to execute! In this lesson, students do everything from building their own marshmallow (and block) models of minerals, to making crystals using Epsom salts or borax and handling geodes.

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Chemistry, Earth Sciences, General Science

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7^th, 8^th, 9^th

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Activities

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Mendelian Genetics Unit: Lesson 4: Homozygous & Heterozygous

By Brittany Jerlinga

Key terms: gene, allele, phenotype, genotype, dominant, recessive, homozygous, heterozygous, genetics Building on the previous 3 lessons, students will look for the connection between genotypes and phenotypes, differentiate between homozygous and

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Biology

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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Worksheets, Activities, Interactive Whiteboard

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Plants: Lesson 7: Experimental Design-- Writing Procedures

By Brittany Jerlinga

By this point, students should have the basics of their experiment underway-- their independent, control, and dependent variables. We will then focus on writing good procedures by trying to follow directions that clearly do not work! After a

Subjects:

Basic Principles, Biology, General Science

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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Interactive Whiteboard, Graphic Organizers

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Mendelian Genetics Unit: Lesson 3: Dominant vs. Recessive

By Brittany Jerlinga

Students will review: 1. The difference between inherited and acquired traits 2. The distinction between a gene and alleles Students will then identify and define dominant and recessive phenotypes, look for word connections for the new vocabulary,

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Biology

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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Rocks & Minerals Unit: Lesson 5: Intro to Rocks

By Brittany Jerlinga

To bridge the gap between rocks and minerals, students zoom back and explore the earth as a whole. By looking at the Earth's layers and the basics of plate tectonics first, students can then delve into the rock cycle while keeping the larger scope

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Earth Sciences

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6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th

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Songs, Interactive Whiteboard, Internet Activities

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Plants: Lesson 4: Xylem vs. Phloem (aka Death to a Tree!)

By Brittany Jerlinga

To start to put together what students know about plants, students will determine which ninja assassin they should hire to kill off an offending tree. Students will collaborate with each other to discuss different ways to kill a plant, and uncover

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Biology

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6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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Interactive Whiteboard, Internet Activities

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Mendelian Genetics Unit: Lesson 2: Genes vs. Alleles

By Brittany Jerlinga

In this second lesson, students dig deeper into inherited traits to define a gene, the placement of a gene on DNA/a chromosome, and the relationship between a gene and an allele. Teaching time-- 60-90 minutes. Included: web links, worksheets,

Subjects:

Biology

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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Worksheets, Activities, Interactive Whiteboard

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Plants: Lesson 3: Observing Edible Plants

By Brittany Jerlinga

Even though plants are part of our daily lives, often when studying them, we forget to include relevance. In order to connect to plant life, this lesson revolves around the idea of food. During the hook, we start a multi-day observation of the

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Biology

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

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Activities, Interactive Whiteboard

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Pangaea & Plate Tectonics Love Poem

By Brittany Jerlinga

Before teaching plate tectonics, volcanoes, or earthquakes, I helped my students identify with convergent, divergent and lateral plate movement by turning it into a love song/poem. Before reading and performing, students did a word study, created

Subjects:

Earth Sciences, EFL - ESL - ELD, Poetry

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Handouts, Songs, Graphic Organizers

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

I taught 6th and 8th grades in a Title 1 school in Glendale, Arizona from 2006-2011. While I started off teaching self-contained, I moved up to loop with some of my kids and focus more on my favorite subjects-- biology, chemistry, and earth/environmental science! During the 2011-12 year, I relocated to Denver and taught integrated science. During '12-13 I created curriculum with Denver’s Museum of Nature and Science and taught for them during the summer and weekend camps for 2nd to 6th graders. I also tutored high school students for a college access program called College Track. This year, I am teaching high school earth/environmental science/astronomy at an inner city expeditionary school. For the first time, I have begun to dig into the Next Gen science standards...and have planned trips for my kids!

MY TEACHING STYLE

I believe that variation is the key to success-- as is including brain research and as much hands on learning as possible. Through my research with USC, I also found that analogy-like stories for scientific processes are a great way to get kids reading about science without boring them to tears. Thus: There is a rock cycle song and a chromosome dance. We dissect and categorize, identify parts of plants and parts of speech. We read, we write, we debate, we play online. My kids know that I have incredibly high expectations... but that learning should be fun as often as possible.

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

Runner up: New Teacher of the Year Award. Compassion Award. PRAXIS Top 15% in Science Excellence Award.

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

BS in Elementary Education/General Science, Bradley University MAT from USC, May, 2011

ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

If you've used one of my lessons, and thirst for something I don't have up yet, please e-mail me and let me know! I will try to upload what you need (if I have it) quickly. b.e.jerlinga@gmail.com

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5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th

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English Language Arts, Creative Writing, Specialty, Science, Astronomy, Basic Principles, Biology, Chemistry, Earth Sciences, Environment, ESL-EFL-ELL, General Science, Problem Solving, Short Stories, Reading Strategies, Poetry, Informational Text