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Linda Poore
Masters in Science Education
Author and Teacher
Has taught hands on science to thousands of students in
every grade
K- 8th grades
Middle School Teacher for 14 years, 1991 to 2005
Chemistry is fun to discover.
Elementary Teacher for 15 years
Watching students discover for the first time is the joy of teaching.
Science is full of surprises.
Has Trained Thousands of Teachers
in Ha
nds On Science
Teachers who understand the science standards, know how to use the materials, and are excited about the fun of discovery learning find the science standards easy to teach with hands on activities. Teachers can't wait to share the activities in Linda's program with their students.
CSTA 2007, Long Beach, CA
Workshop by Linda
Friday, October 26th
12:00-1:00 in Room 104B
Long Beach Convention Center
Linda has exhibited at:
NSTA St. Louis, NSTA Anaheim, NSTA Boston, NSTA San Diego, CSTA San Francisco,
CSTA Long Beach, CSTA San Jose, CSTA Palm Springs and ACSI in Anaheim
Linda
was a PI for 3 NSF
Grants
totaling $690,000
She trained 250 elementary
teachers to be physical science specialists for their districts.
Each teacher spent 100 hours in training with Linda and chemistry
professor Don Paulson, learning physical science
content and hands on science activities for elementary grades. These teachers trained all the teachers at their
schools to implement a complete K - 6th grade hands on physical science
program with Linda Poore science kits and teachers' manuals.
training elementary teachers with Dr. Don Paulson,
chemistry professor, co - PI for NSF grants
Linda's program won the
Golden Bell Award
from the CA State Board of
Education For Excellence in
Hands On Science
Experience Science by Linda Poore
24 science teachers' manuals and
kits published by Houghton Mifflin
(copyrighted as Hands On Elementary School Science in 1987, 1991, 1994, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005)