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Mrs. Georgia Stern

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Teaching History

St. Mary School Junior High Science Teacher 1999-

Monterey Bay Aquarium guide October, 2008-

Educational Background

Washington State University M.S. in Agronomy 1978

Thesis title: “S Alleles available in Broccoli, Brassica oleracea var. italica”

Published: HortScience, “Self-incompatibility alleles in Broccoli”, volume 17, no. 5, October 1982.

Research on Crucifer Self-Incompatibility Genes, National Vegetable Research Station, Wellesbourne, Great Britain, 1978

Gonzaga University B.S. in Biology 1975

Teaching Philosophy and Curriculum

Teaching allows me to share my passion for our natural and physical world. I hope to inspire my students to become responsible stewards of our Earth, with an inquiring mind and an appreciation for themselves and their environment.

I structure my curriculum to reflect a hands-on, inquiry-based format, coordinated to state science standards. Lab reports, from weekly labs conducted in our well-appointed science lab, follow a standard format that closely resembles high school requirements and encourages critical analysis, by the students, of their data.