Emma Couch
Emma Couch is from the Forsyth County area, and she teaches 7th grade science at Jefferson Middle School. She has an undergraduate degree in biology and chemistry from the University of North Carolina at Chapel hill, a Masters in middle grades education from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, and a National Board Certification. She has been teaching since 1999.
Emma enjoys writing curriculum that will inspire her students to become young scientists. Please feel free to email her if you have any questions about the CareerStart lessons or ways to modify them for your classroom.
Resources created by Emma Couch
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- Building a catapult
- In CareerStart lessons: Grade seven, page 3.7
- In this lesson for grade seven, students review simple machines and explore how they're used in various careers. Students work in groups to design, construct, and test catapults.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Science)
- By Emma Couch.Adapted by Mitzi Talbert.
- Building a safe house
- In CareerStart lessons: Grade seven, page 3.9
- In this lesson for grade seven, students will design and build a model of a hurricane-safe house.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 5 and 7 Science)
- By Emma Couch.Adapted by Mitzi Talbert.
- Hurricane response: What do we do first?
- In CareerStart lessons: Grade seven, page 3.8
- In this lesson for grade seven, students take on the roles of officials preparing for and responding to a hurricane.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 5 and 7 Science)
- By Emma Couch.Adapted by Mitzi Talbert.
- Watching the weather
- In CareerStart lessons: Grade seven, page 3.5
- In this lesson for grade seven, students discuss the work that meteorologists do and brainstorm ways to collect data about the weather without using instruments. Students collect weather data over a two-week period.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Science)
- By Emma Couch.Adapted by Mitzi Talbert.
- Wheelin' fun
- In CareerStart lessons: Grade seven, page 3.6
- In this lesson for grade seven, students participate in a car-racing lab, and make observations about how design affects speed. Students discuss how the lab applies to careers in motor sports.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 7 English Language Arts and Science)
- By Emma Couch.Adapted by Michelle Arias.
