Sam Houston State University doctoral student, Sydney Berenzweig, recently received the Houston Museum of Natural Science’s (HMNS) Wilhelmina C. Robertson Teaching Excellence Award for the unique ways she has worked to engage students in her sixth-grade science class at Fairview Junior High School in Alvin, Texas.
Berenzweig has been a student at SHSU throughout her college career, having first come to campus in 2018 as an undergraduate education major. As she progressed through her own education, she came to realize that having a doctoral degree could help her be a better advocate for her students.
Her receipt of the museum’s teaching award shows the impact she has had on her students is already making waves. The award is offered to sixth to 12th grade math or science teachers from the Houston area who have demonstrated their ability and dedication to teaching. Winners had to speak on their teaching philosophy and provide specific examples of how they keep their students engaged in learning math and sciences through various projects.
