...It is my strong belief that today's young people are most invested in their learning when they believe that it is something that they will find useful. In order to make science relevant, a teacher must be able to connect the topic to examples students can relate to. For me, this means that I develop a relationship with each student so I know their learning style and interests. (read more)
...I have many different interests within the discipline of science and spend much of my spare time reading or investigating things to that end. (as I am writing this I am actually helping a student identify what might be a bison tooth, but it's probably from a cow)I have taught at the high school l... (read more)