1. WHO IS RALPH SIEGEL?
Introduction to Teaching & Curriculum:
Science
2. Life Before The MAT
Program
Education
Stuyvesant High School
Brooklyn College – B.A. Biology (1979)
Work
Pharmaceutical Sales and Marketing
Stay-at Home Dad (15 years)
3. Teaching Experience
Currently a permanent building substitute teacher
W.T. Clarke Middle School in Westbury, NY
Great
School!!
Substitute in all grades (6,7,8) and in all content areas; the
school makes an effort to place me in science classrooms
4. Teaching Experience
cont’d
W. T. Clarke Middle School was named a 2011
National Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. Department
of Education. The Blue Ribbon Program honors
schools whose students achieve at very high levels.
5. Teaching Style &
Approach
Student-centered, inquiry-based approach that will
encourage the student to take an active role in
his/her science instruction.
Teaching, for me, is all about
Connecting curriculum to the real-world experiences
and interests of young people
Connecting my own experiences to those of my
students
Connecting the knowledge and experiences of my
students to each other.
6. To Engage and Motivate
Make the classroom an inviting and fun place to be!
We have to model enthusiasm and interest in the topics we teach!
Students are motivated to learn when they are engaged and having
fun with science (remember Andrew Fairchild’s crime solving
project?)
7. 21 st Century Technology
Technology can be used to encourage and support
student engagement and curiosity.
PowerPoint
Excel
Concept mapping
Google sites – wikis, websites
You Tubes
Simulations & animations of science processes
Pictured here, DNA replication
8. My Family-Centered Life
Born and raised in Brooklyn, NY
Live in the town of Plainview on Long Island, NY
Two amazing sons, 17 and 22
Wife, almost as amazing (just kidding), is a lawyer
working in New York
