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Missy Holzer, PhD

Somerset, NJ

Science Standards Specialist, Great Minds PBC

Physical Geography Adjunct Professor

Prior Profession:
HS Earth, Space, Environmental Science Teacher (34 yrs)

Expertise:
Learning Sciences - Science Education
Accomplishments:

Visited all 50 of our wonderful States!

25+ years as a PD provider; NJ State Standards efforts;

Teacher at Sea (hydrography GA coast; hydrothermal vents OR; IPEV sediment Chile), Earthwatch Expedition Educator (Jamaica, Sierra Nevadas, Ecuador, Kenya)
PolarTREC Teacher '08 (Svalbard), AMS Maury Project.

 NASA SOFIA Ambassador, HHMI BioInteractive Ambassador, CLEAN Ambassador, AMS Certified Teacher



The world is a wonderful place beckoning our exploration. Go with an open mind & immerse yourself in all its splendor. Then come back & tells us about your experiences! This picture was taking in 2017 during a NESTA sponsored trip to Iceland.

REGION I


Susan Kelly

Litchfield, CT

7-12 ES & Physics Teacher (NY & CT)

Prior Profession:
Modeler

Expertise:
Student Modeling—Archived Data & Open Source Software

Accomplishments:
NE Section Outstanding ES Teacher (2019); Contributor—AGU, NASA/HAQAST, AAS, NSTA, & Earth Educator Rendezvous annual meetings (2008 - Present)

Thanks to publicly available data, there is relative ease in being able to orchestrate collaborations between students, teachers, & scientists in order to investigate pressing ESS issues

REGION II


Andrew Boyd

New Hartford, NY

Earth Science Teacher (14 yrs)

Expertise:
Locally relevant topics, glacial geology
there's something for everyone to enjoy.

Accomplishments:
NY State Master Teacher
STANYS Earth Science SAR, Mohawk Valley Section

Past Chairperson of STANYS Mohawk Valley Section

I love teaching about a topic that surrounds us and can be made local wherever you are.

REGION III

Billy Goodman

Montclair, NJ

Teacher (16 yrs)
AP Environmental Science; AP Human Geography

Prior Profession:
Science Writer

Expertise:
GIS; Motivating student field work

Accomplishments:

American Physical Society Science -

Writing Award for “The Planet Hunters”

AAAS Travel Fellowship to Antarctica


I love learning about the natural world; teaching allows me to do that and encourage that in others.

REGION IV


REGION V


Jay Sinclair

Milan, MI

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REGION VI

Dana Smith

Nicollet, MN

MS & HS Science Teacher (22 years)
From physical science to CIS Geology 100

Expertise:
MN geology is my favorite!
Passionate about ES education!
Advocating for all levels ESS education

Accomplishments:
I get to hang out with kids and help them discover the wonders of ES! That is my greatest accomplishment!

We live here and need to understand how the Earth works so that we can keep living here. We can't protect what we don't understand.

REGION VII


Matthew Haverty

Tuscan, AZ

HS Science Teacher (20 yrs)
Geoscience & AP Environmental Science


Expertise:
Plate Tectonics, Geophysics & Hydrology

Accomplishments:
2018 NAGT Outstanding ES Teacher of Year - Arizona

We need to spread the wonder that Earth provides to its future caretakers, our students

REGION VIII


Laura Orr

Ukiah, OR

Science Teacher - all science classes— grades 5-12 (17 yrs)

Prior Profession:
perpetual student, community scientist

Expertise:
Helophysics & Sun/Earth Interactions, Astronomy, Dark Sky Advocacy

Accomplishments: 

2014 NAGT Oregon State Outstanding ES Teacher of Year; THEMIS/GEONS Ambassador; NASA Special Appreciation Award for services to THEMIS Mission

"Study hard what interests you the most in the most undisciplined, irreverent, and original manner possible" - Richard Feynman

 

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