Community Provider Name

KL Tutoring

About Me

I have a B.A. in Chemistry from Whittier College, where I had some interesting opportunities to do RNA research and a forensic science project of narcotics on paper currency identification with a Raman Microspectrometer. After college, I earned my Single Subject Teaching Credential in Chemistry, and then my Masters in Education, both from Azusa Pacific University.  I taught Chemistry, Honors Chemistry, AP Chemistry, Physical Science, Biology, Earth Science and Physics at two local public schools before staying at home to raise my 3 kids. When I am not teaching, I enjoy spending my time visiting National Parks, watercoloring, reading, playing piano and bird watching. I have learned even more about teaching since homeschooling my own kids, and I hope to bring a flexible, kinesthetic, creative and multisensory approach to my classes. 

About My Class

Earth Science 

This one-year course for 6 graders  meets twice a week and  is an overview of conceptual earth science. Through in class projects, field exercises, demonstrations, research, group activities, discussions, modeling, and laboratory exercises, students will develop an overview understanding of: space, our solar system, astronomers and their tools, our planet, geology, and  weather 

Weekly homework assignments from the textbook, lab reports, and handouts will be completed by the students at home each week to help students to ask questions, define and solve problems through investigations, analyze and interpret data, and use it to create models, argue using evidence, and overall think critically about earth science.  Tests will be sent home with the student to be administered by their parents online at the end of each unit. An in class final  will be given by the instructor at the end of the first and second semester. There will be an all ACA middle school student science fair during school hours in the spring. All lab materials will be provided from the lab fee collected. This course was written to meet the Earth Science  Next Generation Science Standards.

A textbook is required:
Classical Science Series by Elemental Science 
-Earth Science & Astronomy for the Grammar Stage 

Physical Science 

This one-year course for 7-8 graders meets twice a week and  is an overview of conceptual physics and chemistry and prepares them for courses in high school on the subjects. Through in class  projects, field exercises, demonstrations, research, group activities, discussions, modeling, and laboratory exercises, students will develop an understanding of: the nature of science, motion, energy and work, electricity and eclectic sources, energy on the move, nature of matter, diversity of matter and interactions of matter. 

Weekly homework assignments from the textbook, lab reports, and handouts will be completed by the students at home each week to help students to ask questions, define and solve problems through investigations, analyze and interpret data, and use it to create models, argue using evidence, and overall think critically about Physical Science.  Tests will be sent home with the student to be administered by their parents online at the end of each unit. An in class final  will be given by the instructor at the end of the first and second semester. There will be an all ACA middle school student science fair during school hours in the spring.All lab materials will be provided from the lab fee collected. This course was written to meet thePhysical Science  Next Generation Science Standards.

A textbook is required:
Focus on Series by Real Science for Kids 
-Focus on Middle School Physics (Semester 1)  and Focus on Middle School Chemistry (Semester 2)

High School Biology

This one-year course for 9-12 graders is an in-depth study of Life Sciences. Through in class projects, field exercises, demonstrations, research, group activities, discussions, modeling, and laboratory exercises, students will develop an understanding of: Nature of science, Ecology, Cellular Biology (Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic), Genetics, Biological Diversity (and the History of), Botany, Invertebrate and Vertebrate Biology, and  Human Body Systems. 

Weekly homework assignments from the textbook, lab reports, and handouts will be completed by the students at home each week to help students to ask questions, define and solve problems through investigations, analyze and interpret data, and use it to create models, argue using evidence, and overall think critically about Biology.  Tests will be sent home with the student to be administered by their parents online at the end of each unit. An in class final  will be given by the instructor at the end of the first and second semester.  All lab materials will be provided from the lab fee collected. This course was written to meet the Biology  Next Generation Science Standards.

An honors section of high school biology is also offered.  The honors section will add on a project or written formal lab report for each unit covered and students will be encouraged to participate in their charter school science fair, or join the ACA science fair.  

A textbook is required:
Glencoe Biology – Student Edition
Publisher: Glencoe, 2017, Hardcover (all black with a zebra) 

Fees

7-9 students $115
10-14 students $110
15-20 students $107
*Rent included in fees