Andrew Morgan

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Andrew Morgan

Andrew Morgan

Andrew Morgan is a physical science teacher at Freeburg High School and previously taught at Waterloo High School. He joined the SIUC Noyce- A Community of Problem Solvers MTF Program in 2013 and was involved in a long-term research project on learning outcomes from a problem-based learning activity on cloud-seeding. He aligns his classes to the NGSS and took two professional development workshops on NGSS through the ROE and instructional services. In 2016, Andy received the 2016 Sigma Xi outstanding teacher award. He also served as one of the four mentors to pre-service teachers from SIUE in a partnership grant. He is currently a member of the Teacher Advisory Board to the new SIUC Noyce- River Region Sustainability MTF Program.

Education

  • MS Education: Curriculum and Instruction, SIUE

  • BS General Science Education, SIUE

Selected Presentation

  • Morgan, A. and Flowers, N. (2018). A Survey of Tardigrada on Apple Trees (Malus sp.) and Oak Trees (Quercus sp.) in Freeburg, Illinois. Science in the South. SIUC, Carbondale, IL.

  • Morgan, A. and Towne, R. (2018). NGSS in a High School Chemistry Class: Using Tardigrades to Enhance Engagement. Illinois State Academy of Science. Decatur, IL.

  • Renzaglia, K., Dunderdale, H., Morgan, A., Sasser, S., Deming, K., and Patterson, T. (2018). Workshop on Engaging students with Tardigrades (Water Bears) in the Classroom. Illinois State Academy of Science. Decatur, IL.

  • Dunderdale, H., Morgan, A., Renzaglia, K., Sagwan, L., and LeBaron, S. (2018). Workshop on Using tardigrades in the classroom to teach inquiry science. 2018 Midwest Annual Robert Noyce Conference. St. Louis, MO.

  • Morgan, A. and Foster, T. (2017). How do we discover exoplanets, and can high school students help in this process? 2017 Noyce Fall Symposium, Carbondale, IL.

  • Morgan, A. (2013). Water quality in the upper and lower Cache River. SRET 2014, Carbondale, IL.

Professional Affiliations

  • National Education Association, member

  • National Science Teacher Association, member

  • SIUC Noyce-Teacher Advisory Board, member