Mitzi Talbert
Mitzi Talbert has been teaching middle school in the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County School System for 10 years. She has earned a Masters degree and she is a National Board certified teacher in adolescent science. She is currently teaching 7th-grade science and social studies at East Forsyth Middle School.
Resources created by Mitzi Talbert
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- Bones and muscles
- In CareerStart lessons: Grade seven, page 3.4
- In this lesson for grade seven, students draw bones inside an outline of a human body, and then conduct experiments exploring how muscles work.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Science)
- By John Boyd.Adapted by Mitzi Talbert.
- Breathe in, breathe out
- In CareerStart lessons: Grade seven, page 3.3
- In this lesson for grade seven, students will discuss lung capacity and brainstorm careers in which it's important to have a good lung capacity. Students will conduct an experiment to measure their lung capacity.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 5 and 7 English Language Arts and Science)
- By John Boyd.Adapted by Mitzi Talbert.
- 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.
- Careers in science
- In CareerStart lessons: Grade seven, page 3.1
- In this lesson for grade seven, students will sort careers into three groups -- mechanical physics, health sciences, and weather. Students will match careers with their descriptions.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Guidance and Science)
- By John Boyd.Adapted by Mitzi Talbert.
- College collage
- In CareerStart lessons: Grade seven, page 3.10
- In this lesson for grade seven, students brainstorm careers in the sciences and research local colleges that offer degrees in those fields.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Guidance and Science)
- By John Boyd.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.
- Strawberry DNA extraction
- In CareerStart lessons: Grade seven, page 3.2
- In this lesson for grade seven, students extract DNA from a strawberry and discuss careers related to genetics.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 7–9 English Language Arts and Science)
- By Michelle Arias.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.
