"I am a NYS certified teacher in Biology, Chemistry and Earth Science. I teach online courses for a state college. I have over 20 years of teaching experience and have tutored many students who successfully passed the NYS Regents exam. Before becoming a teacher, I was a research assistant in Columbia University's Oceanography Department. My job was to extract microfossils from deep-sea sediment cores. These fossils were then analyzed so that the scientist I worked could reconstruct the last ice age. I then worked for l companies in Colorado here I flew once a month to Michigan, where the company was drilling and worked on drilling rigs. My experience in research and in the field make science "come alive" for my students." less...