Parker's Products for the Sciences
Introduction: Greetings! My name is Steven Parker. Thank you for also inspiring adolescents as a science teacher and/or as a parent. I have a storied history of creating and publishing innovative, classroom-tested, inquiry-based, challenging and user-friendly activities for the sciences.
Experience: I have twenty-three years of experience teaching science at the middle and high school level. I student taught in Pharr, TX, before moving back to Wisconsin. For the last two decades, I have been the only full-time science teacher in our small rural district. I currently teach Earth Science, Physical Science, Biology, Chemistry, Advanced (AP) Chemistry, Human Anatomy and Physiology and Field Ecology.
Education History: Bachelor of Arts at St. Olaf College, 1995, Masters in Education, Professional Development at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, 2001
Teaching Style: I am a global thinker and inherently emphasize the connectedness of the big picture to help students conceptualize the relationship of terms in and among units. In addition to the core topics in science, I teach grammar, history, math skills, Greek/Latin, study skills, test-taking skills, and life lessons on a daily basis. I immerse my students with hands-on opportunities and teach them to become independent problem solvers. I teach with empathy and strive to promote a growth mindset.
Honors/Awards: Presidential Award for Excellence in Math and Science Education (Nominee, 2015) The National Society of High School Scholars Teacher of Recognition (2016) Agriculture in the Classroom Teacher of the Year (State finalist, 2006) Kohl Fellowship (State finalist- 2014, 2015) Cloverbelt Scholar Teacher of Recognition Award (2015), three time keynote speaker at commencement.
Publication History: I joined Amped Up Learning with 18 years of publishing experience. I have published books, science kits, and/or games through the following international corporations: Teacher’s Discovery (MI), Science Kit and Boreal Laboratories (NY), Lab-Aids (NY), Flinn Scientific (IL), and Publisher’s ExpressPress (WI). Three of my science games are copyrighted in the National Library of Congress. Over 15,000 copies of my reusable games, books, and science kits are in classrooms across America!
About my Products:
- Most are PDF files that will become editable upon conversion to Microsoft Word using an Adobe Acrobat Reader app
- All of them include a key with the answers in bright blue or red font
- I show the work for each problem in the answer keys of the problem sets
- All of my problem sets include an equation bank at the top of the student page
- Many include a word bank or a series of word banks as an optional accommodation for students who may need them
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Immune System Study Guide
MSRP: $4.00$3.00This seven-page summative study guide is the ultimate test prep for a unit exam on the immune system for students taking human anatomy and physiology. The comprehensive review includes the following sections: Introductory questions and the three lines...MSRP: $4.00$3.00 -
pH, pOH, and Molarity Problem Set Review
$2.50This time-saving resource is an ideal review problem set acid for a high school chemistry unit about pH, pOH, and molarity. The full-page problem set features sixteen questions that use the following equations with opposite starting points. pH = -log...$2.50 -
Hemostasis Worksheet (Blood Clotting Process)
MSRP: $3.00$2.50This full-page worksheet for human anatomy and physiology students is about hemostasis, which is stopping blood flow, generally concerning an injury – aka the clotting process. The front side has a blend of fill-in-the-blank and short answer...MSRP: $3.00$2.50 -
Clotting Sequence Card Sort Activity
$1.50Students in human anatomy and physiology will cut out nine cards in this activity, each of which describes a step in the clotting process (hemostasis). Then students will practice sorting the rectangular-shaped informative placards into the correct...$1.50 -
Cardiovascular System Outline Activity
$2.50Outlining is a practical skill for learning when students unscramble the parts to create the whole. Creating an outline from a pile of rubble-like statements requires both analogical and analytical thinking skills. Students must pay attention to the...$2.50 -
Nervous System Outline Activity
$2.00Outlining is a practical skill for learning when students unscramble the parts to create the whole. Creating an outline from a pile of rubble-like statements requires both analogical and analytical thinking skills. Students must pay attention to the...$2.00 -
Blood Unit Test Set A & B for Human Anatomy and Physiology
MSRP: $4.00$3.00Did your principal order an initiative that requires you to offer retakes on exams like ours did? If so, do you suddenly need two comparable blood unit tests? Look no further; this test set is for you! This series is for a unit about blood for students...MSRP: $4.00$3.00 -
Blood Cell Identification Table Series
$2.50I created this full-page lesson to help human anatomy and physiology students differentiate and remember the seven different blood cells by function and development. This activity offers three tables with a combined thirty-one statements that describe a...$2.50 -
Muscle Malfunction Menagerie Worksheet for Human Anatomy & Physiology
$2.50The purpose of this two-page activity is to offer human anatomy and physiology students practice identifying and sorting the multitude of conditions that affect the muscular system. Students will answer questions and complete tables using the following...$2.50 -
Skeletal System Study Guide
$4.00My human anatomy and physiology students annually ask for this study guide at the skeletal system unit's start. They know the value of completing and having a holistic review guide at the unit's onset, from which they can review at their luxury until the...$4.00 -
Energy Transformation Identification Quest Set #2
$2.50It's one thing for middle school physical science students to classify examples of the ten major energy forms. Identifying the energy types involved in a conversion takes additional practice. In this activity, students will analyze fourteen scenarios...$2.50 -
Regular and Modified Classification of Energy Worksheet Set #2
$2.50Do your students need more practice classifying the forms of energy? Mine do every year. I annually assign this full-page activity in my eighth grade physical science class. This lesson is the second of a two-part published series. Students will...$2.50