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Gallaudet University andLaurent Clerc National Deaf Education CenterGLOBE Trainers |
Director/GLOBE Teacher Trainer
H. David Snyder,
Ph.D.
Dave Snyder is a Professor
in the Chemistry and Physics Department of Gallaudet University. Born in
Baltimore, Maryland, he entered Loyola High School in 1960 and became a
physics major at Boston College in 1964. After graduation in 1968, he joined
the Peace Corps and was an instructor at the University of El Salvador
for 2.5 years. In 1971, he went on to graduate studies at Columbia University
doing elementary particle research at Fermilab in Batavia on the observation
of dilepton particles. In 1978, he joined Gallaudet University and spent
summers doing X-ray diagnostics on the TMX at LLNL, performing simulations
of cosmic ray detectors at GSFC for NASA balloon flights, teaching in summer
programs for deaf high school students and developing applications for
UNIX systems on Gallaudet campus.
Dave initiated the GLOBE franchise at Gallaudet in 1997 as a way of supporting the GLOBE program and supporting participation in GLOBE by deaf and hard of hearing students. As Director of the District of Columbia's Space Grant Consortium, he has made possible 3 years of GLOBE teacher training workshops, provided basic equipment sets to many of our new GLOBE schools, and continued to support many Gallaudet/Clerc Center GLOBE activities.
Send your questions to Dr.
H. David Snyder, Chemistry/Physics Department, Gallaudet University,
800 Florida Ave. N.E., Washington, D.C. 20002.
GLOBE Teacher Trainer
Mary S. Ellsworth
Mary Ellsworth teaches
science on the Senior Team at the Model Secondary School for the Deaf,
Washington, D.C.. She grew up in Ashtabula, Ohio, attending Ashtabula High
School and Kent State University. She graduated with a degree in
Environmental Science and Biology in 1973. She graduated in 1983 from the
University of Maryland with a degree in Science Education. She worked in
marine environmental education programs for several years and came to the
Model Secondary School for the Deaf in Fall of 1978, where she has taught
in many areas of science including human biology, physics, earth science,
genetics, physical science, biology, and earth system science.
Mary was instrumental in getting MSSD into the GLOBE program as early as 1995. She became a teacher trainer in 1997. She enjoys exploring applications of technology in her classroom, and uses the Web daily for delivery of course guides and classroom activities. She has explored use of data in the classroom, as well as the use of videoconferencing technology, and published student projects on the web since 1994. Mary believes the GLOBE program is an exciting way to involve students in hands-on science and provide the collaborative and investigative skills our students will need to care for planet Earth in the future.
Send your questions to Mary
Ellsworth, Senior Team, Model Secondary School for the Deaf, Gallaudet
University, 800 Florida Ave. N.E., Washington, D.C. 20002.
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Gallaudet
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Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center 800 Florida Ave. NE Washington, D.C. 20002 |