Carol Chiarello is a MAT student studying chemistry at SUNY Empire State College. She has a BA in Chemistry from VA Tech and worked as an analytical chemist for 6 years before becoming a financial advisor. She is excited to return to teaching science. She has had a lifelong interest in animals and marine life, setting up her first fish tank at age 8. She hopes to engage and inspire her future students using a 5E learning model and Bloom's taxonomy, incorporating their interests and learning styles through differentiated instruction.

1. About Me Carol Chiarello SUNY Empire State College MAT Student - Chemistry September 17, 2011

2. Education and Work HistoryBA Chemistry, VA Tech 1987Worked as an Analytical Chemist for 6 yearsFor financial reasons I made a career change becoming a Financial Advisor on Wall street.I enjoyed educating clients in financial management (and being able to afford going to Bermuda to snap this photo),but I am excited to return to, and share with my future students, my true interest, science.

3. My BackgroundMy curiosity with the world around me, nature and particularly animals began at an early age.I set up my first fish tank at the age of 8. I continued throughout my adult years maintaining aquariums. Now I have a marine tank. At an animal farm With my MomI also had hamsters, turtles, ant farms, salamanders and cats. Having grown up near the beach I loved to collect sea shells, driftwood and rocks.My curiosity was stirred most however by fish and other marine animals.Me with a parrot

4. At VA Tech I started out as a Biochemistry major. I eventually learned though that I enjoyed math, more than reading about enzymes and bacteria. After receiving my degree in chemistry I worked analyzing samples using chromatography (GC and HPLC) and writing laboratory reports for engineering or research departments.My hermit crabBeluga whale at Mystic AquariumMy felines investigating Spike, my puffer fish

5. Engagement5 E Learning Cycle ModelExplorationEvaluationElaborationMy Classroom Style of Teachingwill be based on:Explanation

6. I will also incorporate Bloom’s Taxonomy into my lessons to help students learn how to think scientifically and develop critical thinking skills.

7. Using a student-centered approach, their interests, their learning styles and differentiated instruction I hope to engage and inspire my students.I hope to make science fun.