Aaron J. Powner, M.Ed.
High School Science Teacher
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Snowflakes, seasons, DNA, classification, populations,
Mechanical forces and motion, pathogens and disease, natural selection and evolution,
Cells, whales, galaxies; nanoseconds, hours, millennia; lightbulbs, lightning strike, the sun... "The first language of science is math." Measurements are what allow us to observe patterns, relationships, and cause/effect.
Interactions, interdependence, and progression in relationships between objects and phenomena. Life forms are organisms (organized systems)
Water cycle, seasons, reasources, food webs, conservation of matter and energy in chemical reactions
Animal joints and motion, cell organells and the processes of life, parts of a brake system
Equilibrium, lunar cycle, biological feedback loops, evolution... "Goldilocks principle"