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7th
Grade Life Science
Mrs.
Thielen attended The Master’s College
and earned her BA in Liberal Studies in 1987. After graduating Cum
Laude, she finished her credential work in 1988 with emphases
in Life Science and English. Wendy has taught elementary, middle,
and high school classes over the past 18 years, both in Oregon and
California. While in Oregon, she helped improve the Talented
and Gifted student program and also served as a teacher consultant
for the Oregon Geographic Alliance. The last 8 years of
her teaching have been invested at the Lewis Center where she has
taught for the Math and Science departments.
Wendy strives to have
classes that are challenging, fun and engaging. She utilizes the
school’s natural Wildlands to enrich her lessons and she also
provides many interactive classroom experiences. Her goal is for
students to deepen their appreciation of the sciences by understanding
how their studies relate to real life.
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8th
Grade Physical Science, Student Space Scientist
Mrs.Gaidzik received
her BA from CSUSB in 1995 where she graduated Phi Kappa Phi.
She completed
her teacher credentialing classes at
Chapman University obtaining a clear credential in Health Science
and Geoscience. This is Mrs.Gaidzik's tenth year of teaching
at both the Middle
and High
School
level. In the past she taught classes in Physical Science, Biology,
Life Science, Earth Science, Environmental
Science. Currently, Mrs.Gaidzik is teach 8th grade Physical Science and Student
Space Scientist I (SSpSci).
Mrs.Gaidzik came to AAE
in January 2004. She enjoys having fun with her 8th
grade physical science
classes
as she leads them through the many hands-on
lessons
and
challenging activities or when she takes the Space Scientist
students on one of their "extra terrestrial" explorations.
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HS
Biology & Life Science
Mrs.
Johnston's HS
Biology Moodle & Life
Science
Moodle
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Mrs.
Johnston's Bio is...

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HS
Earth Science, Metorology & Water Science
John
Nyhoff has a BS. degree
from Grand Valley State University in Michigan and is
currently working on his masters degree from Chapman
University. John has taught science courses for the past
nine years in high school, middle school, and Jr. college.
John has received the Arizona/Nevada Academy of Science
High School Teacher-of-the-Year Award in 1999. He has
also received awards from the State of Arizona for developing
curriculum that best represented the work place. John
enjoys being outside and showing students new things
about the world they live in.
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HS
Chemistry, HS Conceptual & AP Physics
.Steve
Bailey received a BA in Biological Sciences with a minor in chemistry
in 1985 from CSU Stanislaus. He spent the next two years studying
a population of lizards while enrolled in the biological sciences
program in the graduate school of New Mexico State University in
Las Cruces, New Mexico. Upon his return to California, he worked
as a chemical analyst in an EPA certified test facility in Modesto
while waiting to enter a teacher certification program. Since 1990,
Mr. Bailey has enjoyed teaching all levels of Biology and Chemistry
to High School and College Students in Barstow and Fort Irwin. Mr.
Bailey strives for excellence from himself and his students and
continually helps students understand and challenge themselves to
understand and appreciate the nuances and connections between the
different disciplines of the sciences and the importance of the
sciences in our daily lives. In 1996 He took a 3-1/2 year “hiatus”
from teaching while he worked for San Bernardino County Schools
on several technology projects which gave him the opportunity to
work closely with teachers in many different schools around this
region of southern California. He has been back in the classroom
since 2000 working on creative ways to help students understand
and master difficult chemistry skills and concepts.
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Mr.
Huffine's Instructor Webpage
Human
Anatomy & Physiology , Horticulture,
Consumer
& Applied Math
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Anatomy & Physiology,
Horticulture, Mojave River Student Scientist I & II
Matthew
Huffine - Raised in Highland
California, graduating from Aquinas High School in 1977,
and from UC Riverside in 1982, with degrees in Environmental
Science and Biology, Matthew is passionate about advancing
natural resource stewardship and wildlife conservation
through classroom and outdoor education. Before entering
into science education, Matthew worked as a field botanist
and wildlife biologist with United States Forest Service,
and as a beekeeper. Since 1984, Matthew has instructed
middle school and high school students in both math and
the sciences locally and overseas. Matthew has served at
the AAE since the Mojave River Campus opened in 2000. Currently
he teaches high school biology, and serves as the science
coordinator for both the middle and high school academic
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