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Merek Chang

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Los Angeles, Metro Los Angeles (L.A. County)
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Merek Chang’s Biography

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Merek Chang is a National Board Certified Science Educator who currently teaches high school at Hacienda La Puente Unified School District. His passion is to connect the community to the classroom and to build lessons that are relevant and provide opportunities to elevate student voices. He also is a curriculum developer whose work typically sits at the intersection of media and environmental literacy.

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Using free resources to connect the environment to education

Using free resources to connect the environment to education

Drawing connections between classroom topics and industries through project-based learning better prepares st…

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Positive Climate Tipping Points | Weathered | PBS LearningMedia

Positive Climate Tipping Points | Weathered | PBS LearningMedia

Maiya May and experts reveal the exponential growth in uptake of alternative energies, such as solar and wind…

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Climate Tipping Points: Permafrost Thaw | Weathered | PBS LearningMedia

Climate Tipping Points: Permafrost Thaw | Weathered | PBS LearningMedia

Host Maiya May meets with experts to define and discuss climate tipping points. She visits Alaska to explore …

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Climate Tipping Points: The Gulf Stream and the AMOC | Weathered | PBS LearningMedia

Climate Tipping Points: The Gulf Stream and the AMOC | Weathered | PBS LearningMedia

Host Maiya May meets with experts to define and discuss climate tipping points. She visits Woods Hole Oceanog…

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Modeling Earth's Changing Climate | Weathered | PBS LearningMedia

Modeling Earth's Changing Climate | Weathered | PBS LearningMedia

As Earth continues to warm, regional climates and weather patterns will change-but how do scientists figure t…

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Big & Messy: Reaching and Maintaining Net Zero | Weathered | PBS LearningMedia

Big & Messy: Reaching and Maintaining Net Zero | Weathered | PBS LearningMedia

Weathered host Maiya May explores an array of nature-based and technological solutions that aim to balance Ea…

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Articles

Using free resources to connect the environment to education

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By Merek Chang
| eSchool News Verified
Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Email Print Key points: Dynamic resources make a significant difference in student engagement and learning outcomes Turning classroom boredom into student brilliance 3 tips to authentically engage students in real-world STEM learning For more news on teaching trends, visit eSN’s Innovative Teaching hub As a National Board-Certified Teacher, I love incorporating media literacy, environmental literacy, and civic engagement into my teaching.
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A Slam-Dunk Lesson Using NBA and WNBA Resources

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By Merek Chang
| discoveryeducation.com
Whether or not students have played or are familiar with basketball, there is a good chance they have seen a basketball court at some point in their lives. They may have noticed that there are different lines drawn on a court and wondered, what do those lines mean?
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Using Infographics to Make Sense of COVID-19 Vaccines

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By Merek Chang
| KQED-TV (San Francisco,CA) Verified
Apr 21 Failed to save article Please try again An infographic created by one of Merek Chang's students explaining how the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine works. Merek Chang is a high school chemistry and engineering teacher in Southern Califronia and is a KQED Media Literacy Innovator. Learn how to incorporate infographics into your STEM classroom at our workshop on April 29 at 4pm PT: Infographics to Strengthen Data Literacy and Student Voice in Science.
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What's your favorite social network?

Instagram

Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?

I did not work for the high school newspaper. In fact I applied to be a contributor to the high school paper and was not accepted.

What's the worst pitch you ever got?

Off speed curveball in third grade little league, hit me right on the hip