Teacher
West Middle School
503 N. Cable Road
Lima, OH 45805

http://www.limacityschools.org
Email: tschnipke@limacityschools.org
Phone: 614-578-5035
Fax: 419-998-3051

Science Topics of Interest:
• Going green
• Teaching physics with toys
• Genetics
• Fossils

Educational Topics of Interest:
• 5E Model
• Nonlinguistic respresentations
• Cooperative learning
• Cross-curricular connections
• Literature-based units

Educational Licensure: K-8 certificate

Courses Taught:
• 1st grade
• 5th grade reading, language arts, science
• 6th grade science
• 8th grade science, social studies, reading, intervention

Education:
• MA – Education - University of Findlay
• BS – Elementary Education – The Ohio State University

Employment:
• Lima City Schools
• Columbus Public Schools

Current work-related activities:
• 5th grade OAT Science Content Committee
• ORC Science Review Board
• "SECO Says" Contributor

Grants and awards:
• SESA Mini grants - 4 years
• Martha Holden Jennings Grant on collaborative teaching
• MAC Grant - 2007
• Ohio Sate University Young Educator Award - 2004
• SESA Teacher in Residence - 2001-2002
• NASA Scholarship to attend workshop at McDonald Observatory

Publications:
• ORC Podcast on Real-Time Data - 2009

Expedition and overseas experience:
• McDonald Observatory - participated in inservice on space technology in Ft. Davis, Texas