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** Science Education Team **  **Dr. Vikki Costa, CEMSS Project Director, Presenter, & PLC Support** Vikki is a Professor of Secondary Education and Director of Science Education. She has taught chemistry, biology, physics, mathematics, and educationat the secondary, community college, and university levels. In 1984 she began teaching in the Chemistry Department at Cal State Fullerton and in 1993, she joined the Department of Secondary Education as a tenure-track faculty member. Currently, Dr. Costa focuses on teacher training, research, and project design and implementation of the use of technology-embedded curriculum, instruction, and assessment in secondary classrooms, especially science. Her favorite thing is the periodic table she designed and cross-stitched when she had lots of free time. ** Dr. Maria Grant, CEMSS Presenter ** Maria is an Assistant Professor of Secondary Education at California State University Fullerton. She works with both pre-service and veteran teachers in the credential and graduate programs. Her work includes research and publications in the area of literacy integration into content areas, with a central focus on science education. Dr. Grant's classroom experience includes over 23 years of teaching in high school science classrooms. She has taught physics, oceanography, coordinated science (an integration of biology, chemistry, and physics), and earth science. Additionally, she has acted as a leader in curriculum development and professional development at both the school and district levels. Her current efforts include professional development work centered on formative assessment.

**Dr. Megan Tommerup, CEMSS Presenter and PLC Support** Megan is a Lecturer in the Department of Biological Sciences at California State University Fullerton. Her research interests include elementary science education. Barbara is an Associate Professor of Chemistry at California State University Fullerton. Her research applies the constructivist constructs of conceptual change and problem-solving to learning in chemistry. Additional interests include the impact of computer technology on the learner’s ability to represent molecular models and to solve novel problems.
 * Dr. Barbara Gonzalez, CEMSS Presenter**