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Nina Hike

Nina Hike

HS Chemistry/Ph.D. Student/Adjunct Professor

She/Her

Chicago Public Schools

Contact

[email protected]

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Google Scholar

https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=_BGYF38AAAAJ

ORCID ID

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7602-8443

Bio

Nina Hike has over 28 years of experience as a high school science teacher specializing in Advanced Placement Environmental Science, International Baccalaureate, Middle Years Program, Honors & Regular Biology, and Chemistry. She has dedicated her career to educating students in the Chicago Public Schools system. Currently, Nina teaches at George Westinghouse College Prep in Chicago, IL. Recognizing her outstanding educational contributions, she was named the 2021 IL National Awardee for the Presidential Award for Excellence in Math and Science Teaching (PAEMST).

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Languages

  1. English

Keywords Tags/Expertise

  1. Social Justice
  2. Science Writing Heuristic
  3. Environmental Justice
  4. Youth Participatory Science

Ongoing Projects

I'm a lead contributor to ChemEdX, specializing in Youth Participatory Science and Next Generation Science Standards-aligned curricula. I have published work on the Science Writing Heuristic, which fosters student collaboration and processing scientific knowledge gained through laboratory investigations. Here is my linktree, which will provide more information about my ongoing projects.

 

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  • Nina Hike was just tagged in a comment: This was so wonderful to read through - thank you for all of your responses in this AMA @Nina Hike - and, thank you for sharing so many valuable resources to dig deeper into environmental and social justice. I also found the paper by Dr. Morales-Doyle particularly interesting. Thank you so much for sharing your insights and expertise! ...
  • Nina Hike was just tagged in a comment: Hello @Nina Hike, I hope I made it in time. Thanks for giving us a chance to be here in this session. I'm curious, how do you balance culturally relevant pedagogy with the demands of standardized curricula in chemistry classrooms? Because I’ve experienced being limited by the rigid academic bureaucracy (regulations) in our country when trying to implement meaningful innovations in chemistry education. Thank you so much....
  • Nina Hike was just tagged in a comment: Social Justice in Science Education is the topic of this month's Observe Wonder Think (OWT), with veteran Chicago high school chemistry teacher, @Nina Hike.  Register here and join us Thursday, 1/16/25 at 6:00 pm ET (NY time) to listen to and interact with Nina and your K-12 educator peers. All my teachers interested in Cultural Relevancy and Equitable Grading these definitely connect to Social Justice in Science Ed. @Raks Derival @Scott Carlson have also done great work in this area, and have presented at past OWTs on the topics....
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