Angela Beddingfield

Angela has a Bachelor of Science in Bible and Elementary Education from Baptist Bible College and holds state teaching certification in Missouri and gifted liscensure in Indiana. She is currently working toward earning her Master’s Degree in Educational Psychology/Gifted Education from Purdue University. She teaches piano and gives private tutoring. Angela has taught at Purdue University’s Gifted Education Resource Institute. She speaks at conventions, ladies’ conferences, retreats, and banquets and leads the ladies’ ministry at Cedar Hills Baptist Church in the Dunlap area. She has also  taught missions work in Nicaragua, Honduras, and Hungary. Angela is married with 3 children, who she has homeschooled since 2004.

Angela primarily speaks on homeschooling gifted children.

Angela also teaches Introductory Civil Engineering sessions for the Worldview Teen Track and KidsZone programs. Below is a sampling of what Angela covers in her sessions:

Forces

• Demonstrate the effects forces and elements have on materials.
• Elements: Winds, Water, Traffic, Movement
• Loads: Pennies, Army Guys, Hot Wheels, Blocks, Books
• Pennies on paper bridge experiment
• Name different types of loads they see around the room
• Effect of forces activity
•  Experiments on Forces

Types of Bridges and Supports

•  Four styles of bridges: Beam, Truss/Arch, Suspension, Cantilever
• Experiment with how different bridges hold up
• Supports
•  Buttresses
• Toothpick Truss
•  Suspension Bridges