JULIANNE VECERE

E D U C A T I O N

Stony Brook University

Bachelor of Science, Marine Vertebrate Biology

Science National Honor Society Sponsor, Middle School Science Club Sponser Scuba Club Sponser, Soccer Coach

In my classroom, everyone is a scientist! I encourage my students to observe the world around them, ask questions about what they experience, and open their minds to ways they can find those answers. I ask them to look at the world with a new perspective, one that is geared towards applying known information to discovering the unknown. My students are reminded daily that every famous scientist started as a young student in a classroom just like them, curious enough to ask themself, "Why?"

I hold my students to high standards and ask them to push themselves while providing them with a safe place to make mistakes and learn. A common theme in my classroom is that "no discovery was made by getting things right the first time." The scientific process is never complete - it fails, changes, and adapts based on new information, just like the world asks of us. While they may only remember some facts I teach them about science, they will take the skills they used to plan, assess, analyze, and problem-solve and the lessons they learned from the scientific process.