Farr Niere
Carson High School
(Carson Unified School District)
22328 Main Street
Carson, CA 90745
Bnieremd@aol.com
OUTDOOR
PEDAGOGY & I
like the idea of training teachers and giving them experiences. I especially liked
the crash course on statistics and scientific investigation design. for me, it was a
natural and social experience. I learned to interact more. I also learned
about the diversity of organisms, their ecological interactions, and the
research/educational activities going on at reserves.
"All nature is classic and akin to art. . . .Poetry, Painting, and Sculpture claim at
once and associate with themselves those perfect pieces of art--leaves--vines--acorns. The critic must at last stand as mute though contented before a true poem -- as before
an acorn or a vine leaf. . . .The choicest maxims that have come down to us are more
beautiful or integrally wise than they are wise to our understandings. This wisdom
which we are inclined to pluck from their stalk is the fruit only of a single association.
Every natural form, palm leaves and acorns, oak leaves and sumac and dodder, are
untranslatable aphorisms." (from Henry David Thoreau).
THOUGHTS ABOUT HOST
BIOGRAPHY
HOST
Training Site:
NRS's Santa Cruz Island reserve
(administered by UCSB) off the coast of Santa Barbara County.
HOST Program Emphases:
Island biogeography, butterflies,
native and introduced vegetation, and interdisciplinary island studies.
HOST Teaching
Materials:
• ACTION:
Awareness & Connection Through Intimations of Nature
Selection of Awards:
• NSF Fellow
for High School Teacher
• Mellon Fellow for Advanced Placement Summer Institute
Years Teaching:
4
Subjects Taught:
•
Integrated Science 1 & 2
•
Humanitas Chemistry
•
Humanitas Integrated Science
•
AP Biology
•
English 9 & 10
•
Great Books
Favorite Saying:
Seek to preserve the tenderness of
your nature as you would the bloom upon a peach (Henry David Thoreau)
Recommended Lesson
Planning Website:
http://www.biology.arizona.edu
http://dbhs.wvusd.k12.ca.us/ChemTeamIndex.html