Education & Nonprofit

I consult with private schools and educational non-profits to develop content for handbooks, web sites, and curriculum for diverse learners and their families. Sample projects are below. For each one, my goals are:

Create a safe environment for making guesses, messes, and mistakes.
Model curiosity, kindness, ambition, and tenacity.
Build context for complex ideas, from the simplest piece to the most complex ideas.
Create a culture and an identity around being a lifelong learner.

Bullying Prevention

This bullying prevention approach was the result of extensive research, reaching out to experts, and working with parents and students.

Community Handbook

Content for a nonprofit educational program designed to help kids stretch and grow into confident, tenacious, creative and kind citizens.

The Science of EVERYTHING (Elementary, Upper elem/Middle school class, full year)

This class builds on each topic to give kids context for deeper understanding

Science of Color (High school, full year)

This high school class takes a deep dive into the world of color

Think Like a Scientist (Middle school, one semester class with optional labs)

Middle schoolers love when adults make giant, messy, dumb mistakes. In this class we learn about history's worst scientific blunders

Real Chemistry for Kids (Upper elementary, Middle school, full year)

Using vivid analogies and familiar materials, this chemistry class is so much more than fizz boom

Imaginary Inventions (all ages, 4 - 6 week class)

This class might be the best thing I've ever created