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David lives in Kansas City, MO and teaches Science in Lee’s Summit,
MO. He is a graduate of Rockhurst
University, and also has a degree from the University
of Missouri at Kansas City. He is a NASA
NEW alum from Johnson
Space Center in 1996 and has been a presenter at the NSTA
national conventions every year since 1993, usually both at the CESI Share-a-Thon
and at the Space Educator Share-a-Thon. He has presented at the Missouri
INTERFACE Conference for Science and Math since 1990 and presents
regularly at a number of other conferences throughout the Midwest, including
Science
Grasp in Kalamazoo and at Oklahoma
State University, as well as at Johnson
Space Center and at Kennedy
Space Center. He has worked for a number of years as an instructor
in the CPU (Constructing Physics Understanding) project. His background
in Physics helps him to develop and present a large variety of Discrepant
Events that he uses in his classes and in presentations. He continues
to go to school himself, as well as travel the country in the summers
presenting at workshops.
In August 2004 David was named Missouri Aerospace Educator of
the Year by the United States Air Force Association and the Missouri Department
of Elementary & Secondary Education. A few of the other recent awards he has
received include the Howard Gadberry Science Eduactor Award from Science Pioneers
in 2004; Journey thru the Universe, (NASA/Challenger Center) Master Teacher, 2004;
NSTA National Lysol Education Award, 2003; Einstein Fellows Share-a-Thon, Master
Teacher, 2003; 100 Points of Light in Science Education, KC Science Pioneers,
2001; Missouri Innovative Teacher of the Year, DESE, 1997; PBS ScienceLine Facilitator,
CMSU, 1995-99.
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