Presentation highlighting the Science faculty at Incarnate Word High School in San Antonio, Texas for Women's History Month 2014.

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IWHS Women in Science
Women’s History Month 2014

2. + Did you know that there are
remarkable women of science
at IWHS?

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4. +
Think you know your IWHS
Science teachers . . . ?

5. +
Did you know that
Mrs. Medrano’s
favorite class in
college was
Microbiology?
. . . .However she is a germaphobe!

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Did you know that
Mrs. Medrano’s
high school Honors
Biology class was
taught by a nun?
. . . .Her name was Sister Bio!

7. + you know that
Did
before teaching at
IWHS, Mrs. Doubleday
used to be the lead
microbiologist at a lab,
testing food samples
from some of your
favorite eateries like .
..?
. . . .Whataburger, Taco Bell, and
Burger King, just to name a few!

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Did you know, Mrs.
Doubleday uses her
own personal
microscope at home to
check out various
specimens she finds at
home . . . ?
. . . .sometimes she finds some super
GROSS stuff!

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Can you guess what
IWHS classroom
housed Mrs.
Doubleday’s
favorite Science
class at IWHS?
. . . .S101!

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Prior to becoming a
teacher, Mrs. Slater
was considering
enrolling in . . . ?
. . . .pharmacy school to become a
pharmacist, she even worked as a
pharmacy tech for 4 years!

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Can you guess what
scientific field Mrs.
Slater wanted to
pursue before
teaching at IWHS. .
.?
. . . .forensics!

12. +
How old was Ms.
Canales when she
acquired her first
microscope set. . . ?
. . . .7!

13. +
Ms. Canales favorite
class in college was
. . .?
. . . .Physiology!

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Did you know that
Mrs. Zamarripa has
a piece of limestone
from the Edwards
Aquifer in her
classroom. . .?
. . . .She takes her environmental stuff
seriously!

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Mrs. Zamarripa
used to come home
with pockets full of
rocks when she was
a little girl . . .
. . . .Her mother would find the rocks
in the bottom of the washer!

16. Your IWHS Science teachers
+ want you to remember that
science can be celebrated
everyday. . .

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Science Celebrations!

International Darwin Day Feb. 12

Earth Day April 22

DNA Day April 25th

National Metric Week Oct. 7-13

Hag Fish Day Oct. 17th

Mole Day Oct. 23rd

18. IWHS Library Staff reminds you
+ that the library has many
resources to satisfy your
scientific curiosity . . .

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20. Science Databases@ IWHS
+ Library (ask library staff for
usernames and passwords)!

21. + Science resources abound at
the IWHS Library, come by and
check them out . . .