Rob Sparks
Rob Sparks recently started teaching at the Prairie
School in Racine, Wisconsin. Prior to his recent move to Racine, Rob
lived in Aurora, Illinois. Rob earned a B.A. in Physics from Grinnell
College in Iowa and later a M.S. from Michigan
State University. During the 2001 - 2002 school year, Rob was working
on the Sloan
Digital Sky Survey at Fermilab,
as a recipient of the Fermilab Teacher Fellowship. In 2001 Mr. Sparks
received the Space
Telescope Science Institute IDEAS Grant as a co-investigator. Formerly
Rob spent a year teaching at the Good
Hope School on the island of St. Croix, where he got to know the southern
skies. Rob taught high school at St.
Stephen's Episcopal School in Bradenton, Florida. While there he enjoyed
weekend observing sessions under the dark skies of central Florida and
the Everglades. At present Rob is a member of the American
Association of Physics Teachers, the National
Science Teachers Association, and the Astronomical
League. He currently lives in Racine, Wisconsin, with his cat,
Hale-Bopp. In Rob's spare time, he can often be found on the stage of
a local community theatre or out on a run.
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