Certified IB Chemistry HL Tutor in North Richland Hills, TX
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...in a variety of subjects since! I specialize in mathematics and science tutoring as well as standardized exam preparation. In the past, I have helped students achieve significant improvements and success on the SAT, SHSAT, Regents and other exams! I truly believe education is a mutual learning and teaching opportunity and enjoy helping my students achieve a thorough understanding (those "Aha!" moments) and appreciation of whatever they choose to study! In the future, I seek...
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Certified IB Chemistry HL Tutor in North Richland Hills, TX
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...variety of environments: I began as a volunteer at a summer program for underprivileged children at the Learning and Tutoring Center of East Austin, and since I have worked as a private elementary school tutor, a private SAT-prep tutor, and a preschool tutor for the Neighborhood Schools Program in South Side Chicago. I have taken, and succeeded in, a broad range of Advanced Placement (AP) and International Baccalaureate (IB) classes, and am familiar with the...
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Certified IB Chemistry HL Tutor in North Richland Hills, TX
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...one on one was a total different experience. Teaching these kids and learning from their enthusiasm was a big life lesson. I realized how different it was tutoring a young child vs. an older one and how teaching needs to be adapted to meet those ways. For example, including a fun activity for elementary school students is important to keep them engaged in school. While on the other hand, high school and college students require...
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Certified IB Chemistry HL Tutor in North Richland Hills, TX
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...a student in Middle School, then tutored Chemistry in college and grad school for people earning their Bachelors degrees. I have been tutoring while also being an Upper School Science and Math teacher for over 19 years. I teach all levels of Chemistry (including AP), Physics (regular and honors), AP Environmental Science, Honors Precalculus, Trigonometry, Algebra 1 and 2, Earth Science, and Physical Science and have taught Chemistry and Physics at the college level as...
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Certified IB Chemistry HL Tutor in North Richland Hills, TX
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...a tutor in the Academic Skills Center at the University of Richmond. I tutored Science and Mathematics to students, working directly with professors to ensure the consistency of the tutored material. I tutor a broad range of mathematics and science courses. However, I am most passionate about Biology. I believe that every student interested in science should know the basics of the complex biological systems and how they function. Many students lose their interest in...
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Certified IB Chemistry HL Tutor in North Richland Hills, TX
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...able to craft and implement lesson plans designed for individual students, as well as facilitate group sessions. I have experience teaching Supplemental Instruction at Auburn University, where in addition to lecture materials, I provided study skills and academic success strategies to my students. I am a National Merit and National Hispanic Scholar, and I received a full Academic Presidential Scholarship plus stipends at Auburn. I consistently score well on standardized tests, and I am able...
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Certified IB Chemistry HL Tutor in North Richland Hills, TX
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...of maximizing student learning. While my background is in secondary science education, my passion is in literacy education. I have worked with students from as young as Kindergarten through the college level in reading with fluency and a critical/analytical eye. This has lended me naturally into a writing tutor, allowing me to coach my students into becoming stronger writers. In working with students at the elementary level, I have also had the opportunity to explore...
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Certified IB Chemistry HL Tutor in North Richland Hills, TX
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...chemistry. In addition, I am very familiar with all sections of the SAT and ACT having prepared several high school students for these tests. I believe that every student is capable of boosting his or her baseline score on these tests, so long as he or she works hard to get to know the format of the tests and the most popular types of questions. I tutor because I love seeing students develop a genuine...
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Certified IB Chemistry HL Tutor in North Richland Hills, TX
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I recently graduated from the University of Central Florida with a B.S. in Biomedical Sciences. My final GPA was 3.892. While I went to UCF, I was a teaching assistant for a Quantitative Biological Methods lab. I am applying to Medical school for Fall 2017 and in the meantime I would like to tutor! I also graduated from the IB program at Palm Harbor University High School in 2012.
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Certified IB Chemistry HL Tutor in North Richland Hills, TX
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My goal is to help you succeed! I am passionate about finding the keys to unlock your learning potential. I have a J.D. and an undergraduate degree in Chemistry. Earlier in my career I was a certified secondary education teacher in math and physical sciences. I have tutored many students all the way from elementary school through college. I use examples from the everyday to bring schoolwork to life.
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Certified IB Chemistry HL Tutor in North Richland Hills, TX
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...to study biochemistry at university, but I also wanted to strengthen my writing, analytical, and research abilities in a non-scientific context. So focusing on both was perfect for me because I was able to develop analytical and problem-solving skills in two very different contexts. Having this background also allows me to feel comfortable tutoring a range of subjects. My tutoring style can best be described as collaborative. Much of the time the problems we will...
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Certified IB Chemistry HL Tutor in North Richland Hills, TX
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I have several years of tutoring experience in the life sciences including biology, biochemistry, anatomy and physiology at the high school and undergraduate level. I hold a Bachelor's Degree in Sports & Exercise Sciences from the University of Northern Colorado and a Master's Degree in Biomedical Sciences from Regis University.
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Certified IB Chemistry HL Tutor in North Richland Hills, TX
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...Mason University. I received my Bachelor of Science in Chemistry. Since graduation, I have been working while trying to figure out what to do with my degree. I decided that tutoring would be a great idea for me as teaching has always been one of my dreams. I tutor Algebra, Elementary and Middle School Math, Pre-Algebra, Trigonometry, AP Chemistry, IB Chemistry, and Chemistry. The most important part of tutoring is to make sure we start...
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Certified IB Chemistry HL Tutor in North Richland Hills, TX
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...Washington University in St. Louis. My previous tutoring experience involves tutoring one-on-one with elementary students in Spanish. I have also served as a Teaching Assistant in Cognitive Science as an undergraduate and for a biology course in graduate school, where I led test preparation and ran a discussion section. My strengths are in the sciences, especially biology and chemistry, as well as standardized test preparation and study skills. I think my favorite subject to tutor...
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Certified IB Chemistry HL Tutor in North Richland Hills, TX
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...questions, I also encourage zoning in on key turning points, learning the nuances of each vocabulary word, memorizing the lists of frequently appearing words on the GRE and learning new words from practice exams. For Chemistry, this involves reviewing practice exams and trying to gauge exam style once the basics have been fully mastered. My strongest tutoring subjects are General Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, GRE Math and GRE Verbal. For three semesters at Cornell, I tutored...
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Certified IB Chemistry HL Tutor in North Richland Hills, TX
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...Assistant in Ithaca. This January, I graduated from Cornell University with a B.S. in Biological Sciences. I have tutored private clients since 2011 and have experience tutoring students in Biology, Chemistry and Math. I also enjoy helping students prepare for standardized exams for undergraduate and graduate school admission. In addition to my private tutoring activities, I was also a TA to an introductory science course at Cornell. In this position, I lectured weekly to a...
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Certified IB Chemistry HL Tutor in North Richland Hills, TX
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My goal is to get my students to the point where they no longer need me. I like to focus on the underlying concepts so that students can apply what we learn in our sessions to problems they haven't seen before. After our sessions, my students should be able to have a concrete plan when attempting a new problem and be able to extrapolate their knowledge of concepts to master the details.... Concepts first, details later....
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Certified IB Chemistry HL Tutor in North Richland Hills, TX
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...my passions. I have tutored over a hundred students spanning a broad range of ages and backgrounds, from elementary school through post-graduate continuing education. The subjects I taught include quantitative and subject (Chemistry and Physics) SAT preparation, all areas of math, chemistry and physics, as well as preparation for the New York State Exams. My classroom teaching experience encompassed nearly four years as a full-time faculty member at Boston College, where I taught undergraduate and...
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Certified IB Chemistry HL Tutor in North Richland Hills, TX
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...get a Chancellor's scholarship in medical school. As a result, my rigorous education and overcoming educational obstacles have prepared me well to teach other students; I have successfully passed national board exams including MCAT, SAT, COMLEX Level 1, COMLEX Level 2, USMLE Step 1 and USMLE Step 2; I know what it takes to succeed. I taught students at the Kissimmee Charter Academy in undergraduate school. I'm currently in my fourth year of medical school...
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Certified IB Chemistry HL Tutor in North Richland Hills, TX
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...2020 (at the Univ. of Windsor in Ontario, Canada), and completed a postdoc at ETH in Zurich, Switzerland. I am now an independent contractor and science writer. Some of my work is on my website, www.karistahudelson.com. I am passionate about education and truly enjoy helping students with science and math courses. I have tutored for undergraduate level chemistry, algebra, and biology courses and taught undergraduate level environmental science, biology, genetics, and molecular biology laboratory sections.
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Higher-level International Baccalaureate courses are designed for students who possess a drive to discover more intricate relationships and master more intensive material in a given academic discipline than are typically featured in a standard-level course. Given the tremendous volume of pertinent material in the field of chemistry, higher-level IB coursework can become extremely difficult very quickly. If you are having trouble grasping the intensive coursework and concepts in your IB Chemistry HL course, Varsity Tutors can connect you to a certified IB Chemistry tutor in your area.
Topics in IB Chemistry HL span from the relationships between subatomic particles to the mechanisms of basic organic chemistry reactions, and even into the realms of thermochemistry and laboratory analyses. The study of chemistry encompasses both a huge span of material and a tremendous level of depth in each concept. Each chemical process can be defined in numerous terms: the overt observable result, the molecular interactions, the subatomic mechanisms, the reaction energetics, and even the quantitative analytical methods necessary to record these results are all fair game when studying the field. Whatever concepts you are struggling with, your IB Chemistry tutor will identify your problem areas and develop a personalized plan to help you deal with the rigorous course load.
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Recent North Richland Hills IB Chemistry HL Tutoring Session Notes
We covered chemical equilibrium. I used a number of real-world examples to demonstrate Le Chatelier's principle and how reversible reactions will reach equilibrium no matter which side of the equation you start with. By the end of the section, the student was able to answer all of the section questions for the chemical equilibrium portion.
We balanced several redox reactions. We discussed the introductory principles of voltaic cells (although we solved no voltaic cell problems). We solved two difficult projectile motion problems. The student is very gifted in memorization and in quick reasoning and many classes she has taken have rewarded those skills. Her goal is to become comfortable with expecting physics and chemistry to require multi-step reasoning, in which you typically do not know the answer to a practice problem without several minutes of work.
We spent the majority of the time discussing the previous Molecular Biology laboratory exercise in preparation for the lab quiz, the written lab report, and the upcoming exam. The exercise entailed the generation of a plasmid, inserting the plasmid into bacterial cells, and then cutting the plasmid with a restriction enzyme. The student was provided with an image of a gel run through electrophoresis and I provided assistance in interpreting the bands for both the uncut and cut plasmid. We also reviewed the experimental protocol in order to ensure she had complete understanding of the method. We finally made sure that all of the questions on the report were answered accurately.
During this session, the student and I continued to work on her science project covering the human body systems. Since the last time we met, she completed the flyer about the respiratory system. Tonight we worked specifically on the brochure which was to include information about the most common diseases of the body system (she picked respiratory system) and how to prevent them. At the end of our research, she still needed to complete some of the information about the diseases and the prevention section. The next meeting we plan to complete the final part of the project, which is a flip book of all the body systems.
We covered the muscle system and reviewed materials from before like epithelial and connective tissue. Furthermore we did different types of membranes and cavities in human anatomy. We dove in and browsed different systems in the body as well as what they are composed of. We studied the nervous system in depth, talked about microglia of different kinds and what their functions are specifically. I asked him to review what we did that day since lots was covered and to review the materials we did in the past so it will remain with him. No concerns as I see he is making progress and scores of his latest quizzes show improvement.
During our session, the student and I worked on lesson three section two, which covered human population growth. We completed the section assessment, wrote a one page story, and completed most of the main assignment questions.
