Occupation
- High School Science Teacher
Education
- Cornell College: B.A., Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Detailed Experience
Science Teacher
Heather has been a high school teacher since 2005. She is certified as a 7-12 science teacher in Iowa and holds the All Science endorsement. She currently teaches at a very small rural school in Iowa where she is the entire high school science department. Heather currently teaches:
- Physical Science
- Biology
- Earth Science
- Anatomy and Physiology
- Chemistry
- Physics
- AP Biology
Lab Research Experience
Before Heather became a science teacher, she worked for five years in various research labs. Her lab work included studying ion channels in the brain, breast cancer, and stem cell research. Heather's lab experience helps her bring science to life for her high school students. The students especially enjoy seeing her videos of the rat heart transplant surgeries she has done.
Online Science Course Writer
In addition to classroom duties at her school, Heather also writes curriculum for online high school science courses. She has written texts, labs, and assessments for online Physics, AP Biology, and Chemistry courses. She has also aligned already-designed courses to standards of various states. Her current project is aligning her own curriculum to the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS).
More About Heather Scoville
Heather maintains an online presence at LinkedIn. If you'd like to learn more about her career, you can connect with her there.
