Rebecca Morales Broken Arrow, OK | 7-12, Science, 2011

The official biography below was current at the time of the award.

Rebecca Morales taught at Oologah High School for 4 years, Union Intermediate High School for 7 years, and Union High School for 1 year. She has taught many science subjects at many levels, but mostly chemistry. She coordinated the Science Fair for both districts as well as the Einstein Club. She actively involves students in the University of Tulsa’s (TU) Physics Journal Club and holds Advanced Placement Chemistry study groups twice a week. Along with her experience, Rebecca's professional assets include her colleagues, her work with Oklahoma’s Master Teacher Project, and her work with TU and Mid-Continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL). The Master Teacher Project began her role as principal investigator (PI), with Co-PI Jerry McCoy and TU. Working with more than 80 teachers for 3 years exposed Rebecca to a diverse set of teaching situations and affirmed that Oklahoma has many devoted teachers. Working with McREL to use content literacy and the Cosmic Chemistry 2-week summer science program to encourage chemistry enrollment also enhanced her teaching skills. In 2007, Rebecca was Union Intermediate High School Teacher of the Year. Rebecca has a B.S. in secondary education from Oklahoma State University. She is certified in all secondary science and is a National Board Certified Teacher.

• High-resolution version of the official portrait photograph
• Awardee holding Presidential certificate between Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and NSF Deputy Director Cora Marrett.
• High-resolution version of the teacher profile photograph

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