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Dr. Amy Taylor

Associate Professor and Elementary Program Coordinator 

Department of Elementary, Middle Level and Literacy Education
EB 260
(910) 962-2673 Phone
(910) 962-3988 Fax
taylorar@uncw.edu
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Courses Taught

EDN 336 (Block 2 Syllabus)
EDN 336 (Online syllabus)
EDN 492/595 & EVS 485/592   Island Ecology for Educators
EDN 544  Teaching Science K-6
EVS 460/560  Using Technology to Teach about the Environment

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Professional development for science teachers (K-12) about:

Teaching Science through Inquiry
Population Connections Curriculum
Science Notebooks Vs Science Journals
Teaching Science at the Extremes




Research Interests

Developing teacher-friendly strategies to help teach various science concepts in K-12 classroom


Useful Links

Sample Activity from “Extreme Science”


National science education standards

Benchmarks for Science Literacy
Taskstream Login
North Carolina Science Teacher Association - http://www.ncsta.org/
National Science Teacher Association - http://www.nsta.org
National Association for Research in Science Teaching - http://www.narst.org/


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