SED 525

Spring 2021 - Methods of Teaching Science

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Elena Schink

• Education
• BS - California Lutheran University
• MS - University of California - Los Angeles

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• Teaching Specializations
• Biology
• Physics
• Medical Technology

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• Hobbies
• Skateboarding
• Painting
• Baking

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• Interesting Facts
• Did great white shark research
• Owns a pet snake and dog
• Worked at UCLA in cancer biology

Kayla Brandel

• Education
• Associates in Liberal Arts and Social Science
• Soon to have Bachelors in Biology
• Teaching Specializations
• Biology
• Hobbies
• Cooking/baking
• Reading
• Hiking
• Arts and crafts with my kids
• Interesting Facts
• Honestly feel like I had kids young so I havent done anything super exciting, go out exploring the mountains and beaches a lot
• A few years ago I got to go to Ozzfest meets Knots fest and see some awesome bands. Including Ozzy in one of his last performances.

Megan Reck

• Education

BS- California Lutheran University

• Teaching Specializations

-Health Science

-Physical Education

• Hobbies

-motorcycle riding

-camping

-traveling

-baking

-going to the beach

• Interesting Facts

-I’ve been to Hawaii 9 times

Priscilla Chang Castillo

• Education
• BA - University of California Northridge
• Teaching Specializations
• Life science for now…

and maybe computer science later on in life

• Hobbies
• Game nights with friends
• Doing puzzles
• Being outdoors
• Interesting Facts
• I was born with an aversion to meat
• One of my first jobs was as a lifeguard
• I was named after Priscilla Presley

Steven Foldi

• Education
• BSc - McGill University
• MSc - San Diego State University
• PhD - University of Arizona
• Teaching Specializations
• currently Biology, AP Biology, AP Environmental Science, Tropical Ecology
• Hobbies
• Nature Photography
• Playing Pool
• Traveling
• Interesting Facts
• Spent a year living on fishing boats in Alaska
• Backpacked across Utah
• Ate raw horse in Japan
• Own two human skulls
• Lived in Hungary and Italy when I was 11

Cameron Rose

• Education
• BS - University of Texas at Austin
• Teaching Specializations
• Not sure; have worked with high school students while as an undergraduate; focus was engineering outreach and education
• Want to teach high school physics, maybe engineering
• Hobbies
• Video Games
• Sports
• Music
• Travelling
• Interesting Facts
• Worked as an aerospace engineer briefly before attending CSUN’s Credential Program
• Sang and arranged music in an a cappella group while in college
• Currently am qualified as a California high school basketball referee

Dusan Kyselak

• Education
• MS - Military Academy, former Czechoslovakia
• BA - University of Georgia
• Teaching Specializations
• General Science
• Physics
• Hobbies
• Gardening
• Hiking
• Playing Soccer
• Interesting Facts
• Studied Rocketry Science

Alyssa Straub

• Education
• AA - Santa Monica College
• BA - University of California, Berkeley
• MA - California State University, Chico [In Progress]
• Teaching Specializations
• General Science - MS
• Biology - HS
• Chemistry (Possibly) - HS
• Anthropology - Post-Secondary
• Hobbies
• Running (read: jogging)/ Hiking
• Collecting vintage goods
• House plant care
• Interesting Facts
• I’ve gone scuba diving with sharks
• Traveled to 10 countries
• Worked as a Forensic Anthropologist in the Northern California Fires (2018-2020) recovering fire victims

Paul Fleishman

• Education
• BA - University of California Santa Barbara
• JD - Loyola Law School Los angeles
• Teaching Specializations
• So far I don’t have any teaching specializations.
• Going to teach science, preferably highschool chemistry
• Hobbies
• Scuba Diving
• Photography
• 3d Modeling
• Gardening
• Interesting Facts
• Volunteered on a Kibbutz for 6 months
• Spent a month in Madagascar
• Have been an attorney practicing ERISA law for 10 years.

Jacqueline Hernandez

• Education
• BA - CSU Northridge
• Teaching Specializations
• Currently working towards multiple subject credential
• Health Science
• Hobbies
• Cooking/ Baking
• Hiking
• Ceramics
• Interesting Facts
• Speak three languages one an indiginous language

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Paul Thomson

• Education
• AA - College of the Canyons
• Mathematics
• AS - College of the Canyons
• Biological and Physical Sciences
• BS - University of California Merced
• Bioengineering
• Teaching Specializations
• Has tutored in the following:
• Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Mathematics (up to Calculus)
• Hobbies
• Rock Climbing
• Mountain Biking
• Snowboarding
• Reading (and finding more books to read than I have time to read)
• Interesting Facts
• Fairly certain I have more than 300 books

McKenzie Thomas

• Education
• BA - Cal State Northridge
• Teaching Specializations
• Working towards general science credential
• Hobbies
• Digital art
• Reading
• Photography
• Traveling
• Interesting Facts
• Went to Vietnam and the Maldives in 2019
• I fostered cats when I was growing up
• I enjoy searching for rocks and minerals
• Interned with LAPD in 2019
• I originally wanted to be a science teacher after high school but ended up majoring in criminology. With two weeks left to graduate with my BA, I decided to go back to my original plan of being a science teacher. It is a huge relief to be working towards a career I actually have a passion for!

Michael Giolli

• Education
• AA - Citrus College
• AS - Citrus College
• BS - California State University Fullerton
• Teaching Specializations
• None/Working towards my first credential (Physics).
• Hobbies
• Jogging/Hiking
• Programming
• Cooking
• Interesting Facts
• I want to take a trip to Italy one day.
• I’ve never had a day in my life where I wasn’t taking care of a cat.

Michelle Hogains

• Education
• AA- College of the Canyons
• Liberal Studies
• BA - California State University of Northridge
• Sociology

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• Teaching Specializations
• Multiple Subjects General Education
• Working towards a general ed science credential
• Hobbies
• Traveling
• Bowling
• Reading
• Lazing about

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• Interesting Facts
• I am a book hoarder who doesn’t have time to read them.
• My first teaching job was in South Korea.
• I have been on a game show, but didn’t win. To this day, I jokingly blame my sister for that loss.

Tasnim Dajani

• Education
• AA - College of the Canyons
• Psychology
• BA - California State University Northridge
• Psychology
• Teaching Specializations
• Working towards a single subject credential in biological sciences
• Hobbies
• Spending time at the beach
• Playing basketball with my husband
• Reading in English and Bangla
• Doing puzzles
• Interesting Facts
• I graduated from community college before high school
• I received my bachelor’s degree at 19 years old
• At one point, I would drive to the beach at least once a week

Estefany Rodriguez

• Education
• BA - California State University Northridge

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• Teaching Specializations
• Working towards my science: biology credential

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• Hobbies
• Hiking
• Painting
• Photography

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• Interesting Facts
• I have 2 cats
• I like to explore new places

Philip Syed

• Education
• BS - University of California Los Angeles
• Teaching Specializations
• Biology
• Mathematics
• Hobbies
• Drawing
• Computer Programming
• Interesting Facts
• Made a computer game at age 12 (it wasn’t very good)
• Rescued a house sparrow and kept as a pet once

Ryan Zary

• Education
• BS Biology - CSUCI
• Teaching Specializations
• Entomology
• Biology
• Hobbies
• Golf
• Hiking
• Playing with my dog
• Interesting Facts
• Varsity Assistant coach for the boys basketball program at NPHS
• Currently working as an Assistant Science Teacher for grades K-4 at Mirman School

Adam Castiel

• Education
• BE - University of California Berkeley
• Teaching Specializations
• Working toward physics credential
• Hobbies
• Tennis
• Motorcycling
• Mountain Biking
• Dungeons & Dragons
• Interesting Facts
• Worked as a supervisor in a makerspace
• Traveled to 33 states on a motorcycle
• I have 5 siblings

Mani Saini

• Education
• AA- College of the Canyons
• BA Psychology- California State University, Fresno

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• Teaching Specializations
• Health
• Biology
• Psychology

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• Hobbies
• Gym/Hiking
• Movies
• Cooking
• Sewing

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• Interesting Facts
• I went to high school in India. Graduated with my GED when I came back.

Cinthia Angel

• Education
• BS - California State University Northridge
• MS - California State University Northridge
• Teaching Specializations
• I am working toward my science credential and am planning to add math and other authorizations
• Hobbies
• Reading about medicine
• Solving Puzzles
• Playing Sports
• Art
• Writing
• Interesting Facts
• Speak ASL, Spanish
• Write backwards and upside down
• Card throw

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Adelina Yakubova

• Education
• BS in Cell and Molecular Biology - CSUN
• Credential in Multiple Subjects with an Authorization in Biology - CSUN
• Teaching Specializations
• Elementary Education
• Biology, Chemistry, Geometry/Trigonometry
• Hobbies
• Music
• Art
• Reading
• Video Games
• Interesting Facts
• I’ve worked with students across grade levels (P-12) as a TA, Tutor, and Instructor
• I speak 5 languages, not fluently :(
• I am a multi-instrumentalist

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Alex Welch

• Education
• BA - Cal State University, Northridge
• Teaching Specializations
• General Science
• Sustainability
• Hobbies
• Watching all forms of European car and motorcycle racing
• Participating in racing on a legal track
• Playing video games; car racing, first person shooter, startegy
• Interesting Facts
• I am a devoted fan of Formula 1 and Moto GP, i will wake up at 3 in the morning to watch a race live.
• I love detailing cars, it can take me up to 3 days to wash and wax my car.
• I enjoy going to and walking around Descansos Garden once or twice a month to see what is blooming.

Joey Arnold

• Education
• BS - University of California, Los Angeles
• Teaching Specializations
• Biology
• Chemistry
• Hobbies
• Guitar
• Movies (Especially horror)
• Hiking
• Video Games
• Interesting Facts
• I go to two Halloween events a week during October
• Taught myself how to snowboard
• Favorite animal is a barn owl

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William Marcos

• Education
• BA Biology - California State University, Northridge
• Teaching Specializations
• Biology (Microbiology, Cell Biology, Genetics, Physiology)
• Hobbies
• Learning songs on guitar
• Playing video games (only during ample amounts of free time, though)
• Baking a variety of things
• Learning other languages (currently learning Spanish, ASL, and Japanese kanji characters)
• Interesting Facts
• Tallest in my family (6’3”), hits head on things too often
• Has a notoriously inconsistent sleep schedule but still somehow stays awake day and night
• Always trying to learn from mistakes! (The exclamation point signifies that I mean it!)

Emily Ochoa

• Education
• BAs - University of California Merced
• Teaching Specializations
• Spent a year teaching MS Physical Education
• Planning on teaching Biology
• Hobbies
• Running
• Biking
• Hiking
• Reading
• Yoga
• Arts & Crafts
• Interesting Facts
• I’ve ran 5 marathons and I’m training for my 6th
• I shaved my head back in 2018 (my hair has grown out since ofc)
• I learned beginner ASL and beginner French, and if I can master both I would be quadrilingual

Ana Greenberger

• Education
• Bachelors of Science - Pennsylvania State University�Environmental Development and International Agriculture
• Certificate in Permaculture Design

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• Teaching Specializations
• Foundational Science, maybe environmental science�
• Hobbies
• Farming
• Camping
• Swimming in pools, oceans, fresh water
• Listening to vinyl records
• Interesting Facts
• I lived in an off-grid eco-commune in Israel
• Currently living in an off-grid cabin on a farm in Knoxville TN (due to covid)

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Brian Barnhart

• Education
• AS/AA - Antelope Valley College
• BS - Cal. State Northridge
• Teaching Specializations
• Physics
• Computer Science
• Mathematics
• Hobbies
• Motorcycle riding / driving
• Coding
• Boardgames
• Traveling
• Interesting Facts
• Driven lights and sirens on the opposite side of the road.
• Can read and write upside down or sideways.
• Ambidextrous
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Claudia Rivera

• Education
• Biology BS - CSUN

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• Teaching Specializations
• Science
• Biology
• Hobbies
• Spending time with my family
• Walking my dog
• Interesting Facts
• I studied ASL for 2 years and can’t communicate at all in sign language :(

Norm Herr

• Education
• BS - University of California Irvine
• MS - University of California Davis
• PhD - University of California Los Angeles
• Teaching Specializations
• Methods of Teaching the Sciences
• Educational Technology
• Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Earth & Space Science
• Hobbies
• Mountain Climbing
• Mountain Biking
• Backpacking
• Alpine Skiing
• Interesting Facts
• Wrestled Alligators
• Climbed more than 250 significant peaks
• Taught physics,chemistry and biology at Christian High School before coming to CSUN