Back in the day, science was often relegated to wealthy, self-funded explorers and “gentlemen scientists” the likes of Benjamin Franklin, Charles Darwin, and Isaac Newton. One could argue that they were the original “citizen scientists” but back then you had to have money and time to explore the world and formulate big thoughts.

I have several Facebook friends whom I’ve met through travel who don’t have a college degree.

I started my teaching career as a traveling teacher - pushing my cart of science supplies from room to room. Boy has my definition of a traveling teacher changed! Now it means roaming the planet with a backpack, binoculars, and students.

Geography is such an easy subject to teach, or it should be, because it’s woven into everyday life like little else is. Here's how

We need to really consider how our culture, how our society, has conspired to sell teens short and how our actions (albeit well meaning) are handing too many young people the short end of the stick.

here are three things that we could be doing for our kids that would move them forward by leaps and bounds to grow up to be responsible and successful in their chosen paths.