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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Trophic Level Classification Activity (Producers, Consumers, and Decomposers)
MSRP: $3.00$2.50Is a lion a secondary consumer? Are worms and root-eating grubs decomposers or primary consumers? Students in middle school life science will answer these questions, among others, using their taxonomy skills. Students will classify sixty-four organisms...MSRP: $3.00$2.50 -
Hydra Examination Lab with Daphnia
$2.50This user-friendly full-page lab manual will guide students through the handling and observation of two different invertebrates, Hydra and Daphnia. Students in high school biology or middle school life science will make behavioral observations from the...$2.50 -
Cell Structure, Function, and Microscope Usage Test Series for Biology (x3)
$5.00This listing features three full-page tests about cell structure, function, and microscope usage for students taking high school biology or upper-middle school life science. Test versions A and B are similar. I mixed the answer choices of the questions...$5.00 -
Antibiotic Sensitivity Disc Bacteria Lab
$3.00Welcome! Years ago, I created this four-page lab manual to complement a lab kit from Carolina Biological (Antibiotic Sensitivity Disks Set #805081) I order and annually use in my advanced biology class. Years of application and refinement have resulted...$3.00 -
Digestive System Matching and Sequencing Quest
$2.50Greetings! Practicing perfect makes perfect, and that was my intent when I designed this vocabulary review sheet for anatomy and physiology students learning about the digestive system. This full-page review sheet features the following sections...$2.50 -
Modified Periodic Laws and Trends Test for Chemistry
$2.50Welcome! This four-page modified test about periodic law and trends is for students taking high school chemistry who need accommodations. It complements the Periodic Laws and Trends Exam for Chemistry I previously published. This test is primarily...$2.50 -
Eclipses, Lunar Phases, Tides, and Seasons Practice Packet
$3.00Welcome! This packet will reinforce middle school science students’ understanding of Earth’s seasons, the tides, eclipses, and the lunar phases. Students will perform the following tasks in this lesson. Sketch a few select lunar...$3.00 -
Tissues and Membranes Unit Reinforcement Packet
$3.00Welcome! This four-page reinforcement packet will help prepare anatomy and physiology students for a unit test about tissues and membranes. The packet's first section covers tissues, and its second one will probe the students' understanding of membranes...$3.00 -
Female Reproductive System Latin Root Word Packet
$2.50Welcome! This listing offers a four-page Latin root word packet for the female reproductive system. Product Features Includes a listing of thirty-five Latin/Greek prefixes, roots, and suffixes next to their English meaning Twenty-five medical...$2.50 -
Male Reproductive System Latin Root Word Packet
$2.50Welcome! This listing offers a four-page Latin root word packet for the male reproductive system. Product Features Includes a listing of twenty-nine Latin/Greek prefixes, roots, and suffixes next to their English meaning Twenty-one medical terms for...$2.50 -
Digestive System Term Compare and Contrast "I See What Does Not Belong" Activity
$2.50Which digestive system term does not belong in the grouping of vocabulary words? Students will have to answer that question throughout this two-page activity and defend their answers. I created this activity for my anatomy and physiology students to...$2.50 -
Digestive System Unit Study Guide Packet
$5.50This summative packet about the digestive system is ideal for students taking Human Anatomy and Physiology and related courses. This guide bundles every major subtopic about the digestive system to help students who drown in the subject matter detail and...$5.50