Mr. Marty
Mr. Marty is available for Office Hours from 2:30-3PM on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons.
Science Department Philosophy
Our students will progressively develop scientific skills, knowledge, and conceptual understanding in order to competently evaluate decisions based on numerical and descriptive data and scientific reasoning. Through the art of scientific practice, our students will find continued interest, meaning, and delight in exploration of our physical world. Our graduates will be prepared to achieve success in science courses at the university level.
Our students develop conceptual models in order to improve the quality of their predictions and basic understanding of the physical world. Through a combination of inductive and deductive reasoning, experimentation, observation, analysis, creative questioning, and inspired guesswork they refine their ideas of how nature behaves. Students are motivated by both the practical and the aesthetic rewards of their investigations. Thus they are encouraged to look for connections to other aspects of human life, be they social, commercial, political, ecological, or other.
ABOUT ME: I was born and raised in Minneapolis, Minnesota. I graduated with a degree in Biology and Environmental Studies from St. Olaf College and I also hold a MS in Marine Biology from The University of North Carolina Wilmington, where I taught for four years after finishing my degree. My academic work focuses on predator-prey dynamics and the ecology of Caribbean coral reefs, and during my career I have lived and worked in various parts of Latin America. I love running, SCUBA diving, reading, cooking, and exploring the small towns around Mexico.
At ASFG I teach high school biology courses. I believe that it is important for students to develop skills of critical thinking and scientific literacy to be smart consumers of scientific information. In my classes we explore the basics of biological knowledge and use case studies to help illustrate the practice of biological science in real life.
