Heidi K.
- Kansas City, KS 66103 ( 38.9 mi )
- Marine Biology Tutor
- Female Age 48
- Member since: 11/2012
- Will travel up to 20 miles
- Rates from $39 to $50 /hr
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In-Home
In-Group
- Also Tutors: Physiology, Life Science, Genetics, Biology, Anatomy
My comments on tutoring Marine Biology : While I have never taught marine biology specifically, in my graduate studies I took courses that covered invertebrates, animal behavior, ecology, and evolution. While I may not have abundant knowledge of marine life, the concepts applied to the study of it are the same as those in my studies.
In my career I have taught different levels of biology in a variety of settings to students ranging from preschoolers to adults. What started out as a college summer job teaching children at a St. Louis Zoo camp, grew into a career of being a conservation education coordinator at the Kansas City Zoo. One of my many responsibilities at that job was teaching teens and adults about our zoo animals and training them how to handle them. Besides developing and teaching classes on animals and ecology, I also mentored teens in the K.C. Zoo Explorer Post who were interested in zoo keeping as a career. While attending graduate school at KU, I taught laboratory sections of Introduction to Biology, Human Physiology, and Mammalian Physiology. In addition to teaching undergraduate courses, I also trained undergraduates individually to perform experiments in research labs. As adjunct faculty at P ... read more
