Director - Planetarium
Science Division-Instructor of Physics & Astronomy,
Hired-1990
Tenure-1993
Elected Chair-1999, 2002
Education-
MS - Physics
--- University
of Michigan,
1989
MS -
Physics
Education ---Eastern
Michigan University,
1996
BS -
Edinboro
University of Pennsylvania,
1987
Major-Physics
Minor
-Music
Additional Graduate
Work -Astronomy
--- Ball
State University,
1997-98
Geo
Sciences---Mississippi
State
University,
2000-2002
Professional Organizations
American Association of Physics Teachers
Manuscript Reviewer for "The Physics Teacher"
Currently Serving as Vice President-Michigan Section; Spring 2003 meeting hosted at HFCC-Featued Speaker John Heard recieving HFCC Sweatshirt(see picture below);
Astronomical Society of the Pacific-New Online Jornal-Astronomy Education Review
Great Lakes Planetarium Association-Michigan Chapter
Volunteer Work
HFCC--Cultural Activities Program-Planetarium Shows
Tour Guide and Planetarium Operator, University of Michigan Exhibit Museum of Natural History
Co-organizer, Science Sunday-The Scientists Among Us, (Science Sunday is currently on hiatus)
Lecture Series, Saline District Library
Astronomy 131 Descriptive Astronomy -LINK to ASTRONOMY 131 ONLINE!
Astronomy 133 Introductory Astronomy Laboratory
Atmospheric Science 131 Weather & Climate
Physical Science 133 Atomic Science
Publications
Articles
"Detecting our Solar System from Afar" with Rachel McKay, The Physics Teacher, scheduled, April 2004
"Teaching the Scientifc Method in Introductory Astronomy"Astronomy Education Review Vol. 2, Issue 2, 2003
"Experimenting with Brass Musical Instruments" Physics Education, July 2003; Talk given as Featured Speaker at Western Pennsylvania Section of AAPT-Spring 2002
"Experimenting with Musical Intervals" Physics Education, July 2003
"Mini-Lab Reports", The Physics Teacher; June 2003
"Some Simple Black Hole Thermodynamics" The Physics Teacher, May 2003, correction September 2003
"Drag Forces; Authors' Response" with Paul Holody, The Physics Teacher, May 2003
"Measuring the Constant for Underdamped Simple Harmonic Motion" with Paul Holody, The Physics Teacher, January 2003
"Tolerance for Astrology"Astronomy Education Review Vol. 1, Issue 2, 2002
"Seeing Sound" The Science Teacher, Feb, 2002
"A Comment on Teaching Modern Physics"The
Physics Teacher, May 2001
"How Dense is a Black Hole?" with Rima Mereouh, The
Physics Teacher, February 2001, referenced in "Insights
Into the Universe" , 2003, AAPT
"Graphing Planetary Motion" Proceedings of Cosmos in the Classroom
2000, Astronomical
Society of the Pacific.
"How Big is the Moon?", The
Physics Teacher, March 2000, reprinted in "Insights
Into the Universe" , 2003, AAPT
"Dealling with Potential Conflicts Between Religion & Science in
Introductory Astronomy" Mercury,
January/February, 2000, reprinted Proceedings of Cosmos in the
Classroom 2000, Astronomical
Society of the Pacific.
"Intolerance to Opposing Points of View Teriffying",
The Ann Arbor News, September 22, 1999.
"A Unique Meteorology Course"The
Physics Teacher, September 1999
"Answer to Question # 77-The Scientific Method", American
Journal of Physics, April 1999.
"Another Look at Atwood's Machine", The
Physics Teacher, February 1999"
"A Closer Look at the Spectrum of Helium", The
Physics Teacher,
March, 1998.
"Seeing Our Place in the Solar System", Mercury,
January/February, 1998.
"Global Warming Studies Fail to Establish Cause, Effect"
The Ann Arbor News, December 29, 1997.
"A Demonstration of the Optics of Eye Glasses", The
Science Teacher, May 1997.
"A Computer Preview of Comet Hale Bopp", The
Physics Teacher,
December 1996, reprinted in "Insights
Into the Universe" , 2003, AAPT
"Four Weeks of Atomic Physics", The
Physics Teacher, May 1995.
Books
Cycles in the Sky; Kendall-Hunt Publishing, 2002
Astronomy Media Workbook ; Addison Wesley Longman, 2002; 2nd Edition, 2003
Instructor's Manual for "The Atomsphere", with Mark Hildebrant Prentice Hall Publishing, 2003
Instructor's Resource Manual for "The
Universe Revealed";with Heather Preston and Victor
Andersen, Brooks/Cole
Publishing , 2000.
Edinboro University Alumni News
"An Edinboro Memory" Summer 1999
"A Small World Story" Spring, 1999
Musical Intervals-Cool Link
Other AcousticsLinks
Physics and Music
Other Links
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5-29-65-Tucson, Arizona |
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Edinboro Pennsylvania |
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