Educator "Up Close"

John Wilkins Archbishop Carroll High School Washington, DC

Degree: Bachelors degree in Marine and Environmental Science from Hampton University, Virginia.

Experience: John has been at Archbishop Carrol High School since 1999, and also works at the US EPA's Office of Pollution Prevention.

John brings 5 years of outside experience to his classroom - he has interned at the US EPA's Office of Environmental Justice and the Center of Marine Biotechnology, worked as a part-time lab assistant at Hampton University's Marine Science Lab, worked for Dr. Adey of the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History in the florida Everglades mesocosm, worked as a technician/water quality analyst at the Fairfax County Water Quality Lab, and worked as an environmental policy analyst/environmental scientist at HAZMED, Inc.

Subjects: Aquatic Science, General Biology, Environmental Science

"Most Memorable" Teaching Experience: The elation I felt when I saw how interested and happy my students were when I took them on a trip to the Chesapeake Biological Laboratory.

Favorite Class Trips: The National Aquarium, The Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, and our Stream and Marsh studies.

Awards and Grants: US EPA Fellowship Award.

Teaching Techniques: Hands - on.

Future Plans: To persue a masters degree or possibly a Ph.D. in fisheries ecology.

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