She was a Martha Holden Jennings Scholar in 1990-1991. In 1994, she was nominated for the TV8 Thanks to Teachers Award and was acknowledged as a distinguished educator in Who's Who Among America Teachers. She is a member of the Washington School and Home Association, the Niles Classroom Teachers' Association, the Ohio and National Education Associations, Kappa Delta Pi, the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, the National Council of Teachers of English, the Ohio and International Reading Associations and is an active participant in the Trumbull Area Reading Council and Phi Delta Kappa. She also takes part in various church activities. Observe, measure, and record the plant's growth rate and direction.
Plants seek out light.
Plants make adjustments in their normal growth patterns to find light in order to live. Plants need sunlight to live. Through a process within plants known as phototropism , they continually seek a light source. The normal vertical growth pattern of plants will change to satisfy this need. Have the students label their shoe boxes Box A and Box B .