Missy Holzer
Rutgers University-New Brunswick
Missy Holzer, PhD. Missy taught high school Earth and space, environmental science, and physical geography for more than 30 years, and currently adjuncts at different universities, and is a science education consultant specializing in standards reviews and curriculum development. She is the secretary of National Earth Science Teachers Association (President 2012-2014), co-chair of the K-12 Working Group of the AGU Education Section. She has served on many state and national committees, and presents at local, regional, and national conferences. She has been an active participant in New Jersey state science standards projects since 2008, which most recently included the integration of climate change into all education standards. She supports formal and non-formal educators in their transition to NGSS through numerous workshop offerings and is currently assisting teachers with the integration of the new climate standards into their units. She serves as Master Teacher for the NSF-funded Model-Evidence-Link Project, based out of the University of Maryland and Temple University. She has a BS in Environmental Planning and Design, MAT in science education, MS in geography, and PhD in science education.
Website Content Contributions
Activity (1)
Evidence for Plate Tectonics part of Earth Exploration Toolbook:Evidence
DATA: Sea Floor Age, Volcano and Earthquake Distributions. TOOL: My World GIS. SUMMARY: Identify relationships among sea-floor age, earthquakes, and volcanoes to understand how they support the theory of plate tectonics.
Conference Presentation (1)
Strategies for engaging with Teach the Earth online resources part of Earth Educators Rendezvous:Previous Rendezvous:Rendezvous 2020:Program:Poster Sessions:Posters
Have you been overwhelmed by the sheer number of resources on Teach the Earth? Have you wished for more guidance on how to navigate the Teach the Earth Portal? Would you like to contribute to the community of ...
Other Contribution (1)
Advocating for Earth and Space Sciences: Community Conversation about Dual Credit and Concurrent Enrollments as Valued Pathways part of Earth Educators Rendezvous:Previous Rendezvous:Rendezvous 2022:Program:Round Table Discussions
Advocating for geoscience education involves being aware of issues affecting K-Graduate Earth Sciences instruction and, in a collaborative effort, speaking up to safeguard or advance learner access to accurate, ...
Communities
Eastern Section, Teacher Education Division
60 activities reviewed
July 2024 Earth Educators Rendezvous 2022
July 2022 Earth Educators Rendezvous 2021
July 2021 Earth Educators Rendezvous 2019
July 2019 Earth Educators Rendezvous 2017
July 2017 Earth Educators Rendezvous 2016
July 2016 Compass Community Discovery Advisors
Advocacy Interest Group
Teach the Earth
NGSS Tagging Camp EER 2019
NGSS Interest Group
Critical Zone Science Interest Group
Integrate/GETSI 2023 Survey
NAGT Webinar Series Interest
EER 2022 Activity Reviewers
EER 2021 Activity Reviewers
NAGT All
Earth Educators' Rendezvous Interest Group
Workshop Participant (18 workshops)
July 2017 Using Data in the Classroom Workshop 2004
May 2004 EER 2024 Wrapping your Head around Environmental Problems by Leveraging Feedback Loop Thinking
Webinar Leader (9 webinars)
March 2023A New Take on the Water Cycle
February 2023Evaluating Lessons Using the NSTA Sensemaking Tool
November 2022