Welcome to science! This is my ninth year of teaching, and my sixth year at Saint Ann School. In addition to teaching a curriculum that aligns with both the Diocese of Trenton Science Standards and New Jersey’s Next Generation Science Standards, I give students real-world applications of the science they learn in my classes.

As a lifelong scientist and learner, I have the luxury of merging the two into one of the best professions on Earth. I am the Science Coordinator and Science Teacher to students in grades 5 through 8. I majored in Chemistry and minored in Geology at Rutgers University, where I conducted research in Inorganic Chemistry as an undergraduate member of Dr. Jing Li’s team. After a few years of working as an analytical and research chemist at two different laboratories, I switched gears and became a New York City Teaching Fellow. During my first two years of teaching in Flatbush, Brooklyn, I simultaneously worked towards my Master of Art in Teaching. After graduating, I continued my education by taking more geology courses at Brooklyn College during my third year in New York. After three years of teaching in the New York City Public School System, I married my husband, moved back to New Jersey, and am happy to lead the science program here at Saint Ann School. I currently hold a New Jersey Standard Instructional Certificate for Middle School with Subject Matter Specialization: Science in Grades 5 – 8, as well as a Standard Instructional Certificate for Chemistry.

To find out more about the exciting projects students have participated in, visit my extended website at https://stannscience.weebly.com/

Looking for more information?

• For current students and family looking for up-to-date assignments, please visit Mrs. Daniel’s Google Classroom page for that student’s class. The Welcome Letter and Syllabus are posted there.
• For more information regarding the curriculum, please contact Mrs. Meredith Daniel at mdaniel@st-ann-school.org

"Science and religion are not at odds but are united in the continuing search for truth in unlocking the mysteries of the cosmos." -National Catholic Reporter

159 Faith and science: "Though faith is above reason, there can never be any real discrepancy between faith and reason. Since the same God who reveals mysteries and infuses faith has bestowed the light of reason on the human mind, God cannot deny himself, nor can truth ever contradict truth."³⁷ "Consequently, methodical research in all branches of knowledge, provided it is carried out in a truly scientific manner and does not override moral laws, can never conflict with the faith, because the things of the world and the things of faith derive from the same God. The humble and persevering investigator of the secrets of nature is being led, as it were, by the hand of God in spite of himself, for it is God, the conserver of all things, who made them what they are."^{38
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Famous Catholic Scientists (Click on the name to learn more):

• Reverend Monsignor Georges Lemaitre - Father of the Big Bang Theory
• Friar Gregor Mendel - Discovered basic principles of Heredity 
• Saint Albertus Magnus - "Albert the Great"
• Antoine Lavoisier - Father of Modern Chemistry
• Nicholas Copernicus- Proposed Heliocentric model of the Solar System