Tackmann Science Club

I have been a high school science educator for over 15 years now. Most of my focus has been working with High School Students in Physical Science, Anatomy and Physiology and AP Environmental Science. I started my career teaching in a traditional grading system, but have spend the second half of it teaching in a Standards Based Grading Model. I love my job and love what I do! Science is a big passion of mine and I believe that shows in my work and quality of lesson plans and labs that I write up and use.

I am a very hands on active teacher. I love to engage my students in interactive labs, lecture with various models and demonstrations and engage my students in science instead of just them sitting back in learning about it. I feel that it's better for my classroom to be doing science not just learning science as we work our way through the material.

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My passion for science started in college where I earned my BS Degree in Life Science Education and Ecology from Winona State University. During my first couple years of teaching I went back to also get my Masters Degree in Education and Learning from St. Mary's University. Even after graduation I never felt finished with learning and have over 70 additional Graduate Credits in various fields of science and education on top of my Masters Degree. I've always conisdred my self to be a life long learning and still get excited about setting up Zoom calls with other teachers around the nation to learn from each other about the thigns we are doing in our classrooms.

I love teaching each and ever day that I come into school. I enjoy the excitement I see in my students eyes when they finally understand a new scientific concept and the enjoyment they get while they are working on one of the interactive labs I have designed for them. Science is my passion and teaching is my life and love sharing those things with my students and coworkers each and every day.