About the Facilitators

Ben DeCarlow is in his third year of teaching science full time at Armand Larive Middle School. Prior to his current position, he taught social studies and science in Chiloquin (a small community in southern Oregon of about 900 people). He has always had a love of teaching and a passion for effective curriculum design, using a macro lens. He is excited for the opportunity to facilitate the Oregon Science Project because he sees it as a good opportunity to connect with others and science content in a meaningful way. He is the one in the goofy hat in the picture above.

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Sandra Rice moved to Hermiston in 1993 after beginning her teaching career in Condon, Oregon. She sees the Next Generation Science Standards as an opportunity to incorporate real world science practices in the classroom in preparing students not only for college and careers, but also in preparing them to become informed decision makers needed for the socio-scientific issues of the 21st century. She's looking forward to working with this great group of educators in this effort to focus on science teaching practices in the Hermiston School District. She is not the one in the goofy hat in the picture above.