I have been a teacher here
at D.C. Everest for a long time. I was here during Bhopal, the
Challenger Tragedy, Chernobyl, the Exxon Valdez, and Desert Storm. I
was at Everest for Jeffrey's discovery of genetic fingerprinting,
Andersson's graphical interface for the World Wide Web, the decoding of
the human genome, Smalley's (and others) discovery of buckyballs, among
many other discoveries. During that time I have had the
privilege of getting to know and work with many exceptional people at D.C.
Everest - students, community and staff members - individuals who will (or
already do) make a difference at a local level if not a global level.
What I have found so reassuring and inspirational over the years is that
young people understand (among other things...) --
· the
importance of individuals working together
· the
relationship between hard work and success
· their
responsibilities to the environment and each other
and that we live in a community that understands the importance of education and helps in many ways.
It is a privilege and an honor to
teach.
There have been so many wonderful memories
over the years. Chick a boom, KC and Montana, Zuel the corn king,
Cob, the seasonal twins, ...(and too many other inside messages to
mention). I was thinking of posting the scrap book that have kept of
the photos from all of classes. Maybe someday. If you are a
former student and are interested in seeing a photo, drop me a line....
Also, if you are a former student, and are
just surfing, please drop a line and say hi! I would love to hear
from you!
Perhaps though, you are a former staff
member or an associate that knows me from some workshop, college course,
or seminar. Perhaps to confirm that relationship, I list some
of the programs that I was involved in over the past 10 years. If
you were a partner in one of those or other learning adventures,
please let me know how things are going with you.
· Project
FIRST (Field Involvement Research for Science Teachers) through the
Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters NSF Grant '92 and '93
· MaTR
(Macromolecular Teacher Resource Institute)Polyed, NSF and
Intersociety Polymer Education Council Grant UWSP '95 '96
· Wisconsin
Academic Staff Development Initiative NSF Grant '97 and '98
· ICE
Material Science Workshop NSF '99
· Statistics
in the Science Classroom NSF '99
· DataStreme
NSF, American Meteorological Society, and NOAA Spring'01
· Webwatchers
Institute NSTA NSF Grant '01
· Wisconsin
River Basin Assessment Project Eisenhower Summer/Fall '02 Spring '03
· ESCAPE
Fall 2002
·Water in
the Earth's System (WES) American Meteorological Society Spring 2003
·Research
in the High School NSF Summer 2003
·Molecular
Modeling Workshop Center for Biomolecular Modeling, MSOE,
WisTEP Summer 2004
·ACS
Advanced Chemistry Workshop Summer 2006
·Molecular
Modeling Workshop Center for Biomolecular Modeling, MSOE 2007
·ACS
Green Chemistry Workshop Duquesne University Summer 2008
·SMART
Team Workshop, Center for Biomolecular Modeling MSOE, Summer 2008
·National
Center for Learning and Teaching in Nanoscale Science and Engineering,
Purdue University Summer 2009/2010
· American
Meteorological Society’s Earth’s Climate System, Spring 2010
· Studies
in Air Quality for Science Educators, the Storm Project, University of Northern Iowa, Summer 2010
· Modeling
Our Molecular World, Center for Biomolecular Modeling, MSOE, Summer
2011
· Physics of Atomic Nuclei, National
Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory, Michigan State University, Summer 2012
·Nuclear Science and Engineering
Workshop, University of Missouri-Columbia, Summer 2013
·Siemens STEM Institute, Discovery
Education, Washington, D.C., Summer 2014
• 3D Printing in the Science
Classroom, Center for Biomolecular Modeling Summer 2015
• Teaching Climate Science Workshop, AMS and ACS, Door County Summer
2016
• AP Chemistry Institute, UW Madison Summer 2017
• Project Maury... US Naval Academy and AMS, Summer 2017
• Climate Science Workshop UW Madison Fall 2018
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