University Science

PROFESSIONAL

michael b. leyden

an

introduction

Michael B. Leyden is a native of Attica, New York, where he attended local

schools and his collegiate experiences are cited below. After teaching JHS for

three years he completed his Masters and then joined a college science staff

where he also taught for three years. It was at this time his children were

born: Andrew in 1966 and Margot a year later. He then finished his doctoral

studies and assumed his science education career in 1970. His dissertation is

entitled:

"A

Laboratory-Oriented College Course in Environmental Geology"

Dr. Leyden has conducted scores of workshops and presented the keynote

address at many conventions throughout the country. The topics are varied but

center on the various themes in science education; Piagetian thought, and brain

functioning.

Michael has written numerous journal articles / textbooks that are

listed elsewhere.

Home

2610 South Fifth Street Charleston, Illinois 61920

Phone: 217 - 345 - 2326

Retired

Professor

Elementary Education -- Eastern Illinois University -- Charleston,

Illinois 61920

Internet: *****@***.***.

Home Page:

http://www.eiu.edu/~scienced

DEGREES

BS 1961 -

Elementary / JHS Education

State University New York - Brockport

MED 1965

- Earth Science Education

University of Florida - Gainesville

EdD

1970 - Earth Science Education

University of Florida - Gainesville

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

1989-1999 --- Eastern Illinois University - Charleston

1988-1989 --- National Science Consultant -

Addison-Wesley Publishers

1970-1988 --- Eastern Illinois University - CharlestonScience

in the Elementary SchoolScience Curriculum in the Elementary SchoolJHS

Science/Mathematics MethodsMaterials/Activities in ScienceThe

Interdisciplinary Curriculum in the Middle SchoolAccessing

/ Assessing Internet Science Resources

(this is a Web-Based course; no direct classroom instruction)Senior Seminar: Controversial Issues in Education

1965-68

--- State College - Westfield, MassachusettsPhysical

Science

1961-64

--- Junior High School - Batavia, N.Y.7th /

8th / 9th Grade General Science9th

Grade Mathematics10th

Grade Biology Labs

Guest Faculty:

Short Course '74

-- U. Wisconsin - Superior'86

-- Alaska Pacific University'86

-- U. Alaska - Fairbanks'89

-- U. California - Long Beach'90 /

'91 / '93 / '95 -- U. Nevada - Las Vegas

NSTA

Honors Seminar Presenter:Summ

'84 -- U. of IowaSumm

'85 -- Temple U.

Seminar:

The Brain and The CurriculumSpring

'83 -- Indiana University - S.E.Summ

'83 / '84 -- Chicago Museum of Science / Industry

Hashemite

Kingdom of Jordan:

For three months in summer of 1994, and again in December,

he was the chief curriculum consultant for a 1st-8th grade textbook writing

project

in the Ministry of Education -- Amman, Jordan.

King Alfred's College - Winchester, England

1998 - Spring Semester Sabbatical -- Visiting Professor

Tekyio University - Europe:

Maastricht Center For Trans Atlantic Studies

--- Maastricht, Netherlands

2000 - Spring Semester: Water and Earth - A College Geology Course

GRADUATE EXPERIENCES

Dr. Leyden's unique graduate record of over nine years of study at 23

colleges

and field sites in 13 states and 6 countries on 5 continents is the result of a

dozen grants

from the National Science Foundation; New York State and a graduate

assistantship

during his doctoral studies in at the University of Florida.

It testifies to his

belief in lifelong learning.

State University New York: Buffalo

Biology Field Methods Fall 1961

Human Biology Sprg 1962

State University New York: Oneonta

Physiology of Man Summ 1962

Historical Geology Summ 1962

State University New York: Brockport

Evolution Fall 1962

Adolescent Psychology Sprg 1963

Radiation Biology Summ 1963

Selected Topics: Physics Fall 1963

Selected Topics: Physics Sprg 1964

University of Florida: Gainesville

Masters Degree Program

Fall 1964 -- Summ 1965

Smith College: Northampton, Massachusetts

Chemistry Fall 1966

Chemistry Sprg 1967

Gulf Coast Research Laboratory: Biloxi, Mississippi

Chemical Marine Geology Summ 1967

Physical Marine Geology Summ 1967

State College: Westfield, Massachusetts

Elementary Statistics Fall 1967

Rice University: Houston, Texas

Gulf Coast Geology Summ 1968

SW Center For Advanced Studies: Dallas, Texas

Experimental Petrology Summ 1968

Isotope Geochemistry Summ 1968

Rock Magnetism Summ 1968

University of Florida: Gainesville

Doctoral Degree Program

Fall 1968 -- Summ 1970

East Central State College: Ada, Oklahoma

Elementary Science Curricula Summ 1971

University of California: Berkeley

SCIS Workshop Fall 1972

University of Wisconsin: Superior

ESS Workshop Summ 1974

Physics Fall 1974

Physics Sprg 1975

Outdoor Workshop -- Summ 1975

Ohio State University: Columbus

JHS Science Curricula -- Summ 1975

Western Kentucky University: Bowling Green

Science & Development of Reasoning --- Sprg 1980

South Dakota School of Mines: Rapid City

Geology Field Camp Summ 1981

A four week program sponsored by EIU and hosted at SDSM

Eastern Illinois University: Charleston

Environmental Biology Summ 1972

Photography Sprg 1974

Modern Global Geoscience --Summ 1975

Basic BASIC: TRS-80 Summ 1979

Basic BASIC: Apple Sprg 1981

Brain and Mind Summ 1981

Geology Field Camp Summ 1981

Petroleum Geology Summ 1982

Math Anxiety Summ 1982

Martin Luther & Reformation - Summ 1984

The Creation-Evolution Debate - Summ 1987

Lakeland College : Mattoon, IL

Stock Market Investing Sprg 1987

Dr. Leyden has been a research participant on Earthwatch expeditions associated

with . . .

University of Tarapaca: Arica, Chile

Pre-Columbian Peoples Summ 1986

University of Zurich: Zurich, Switzerland

Life & Death of Plateosaurus Summ 1988

University of Newcastle: Newcastle, England

Roman Fort on Tyne Summ 1995

University of Notre Dame Field Station: Fort Peck,

Montana

End of the Dinosaurs Summ 1997

University of Notre

Dame Field Station: Kunming, Yunnan Province, China

Dinosaur Discoveries Dec 1997-Jan 1998

University of

Notre Dame Field Station: Fort Peck, Montana

K-T Dinosaurs Summ 1998

University of Notre

Dame Field Station: Fort Peck, Montana

End of the Dinosaurs Summ 2000

University of Notre

Dame Field Station: Fort Peck, Montana

TRexes & Triceratops Summ 2003

PUBLICATIONS

About 100 million students have investigated their

environment

with the numerous curriculum activities that Dr. Leyden has designed.

Science ActivitiesFeb

72 --- The Girth Of The EarthMay

72 --- Window Astronomy - On Plotting Celestial MotionsJan 73 --- Piaget and the National Clay Boat ContestMar 73 --- The Helium Balloon Project - Expanding

Student HorizonsOct

73 --- Testing For ProcessM-J

74 --- Analysis of That Mysterious Figure 8J-F 75 --- Telephone Poles, Pencils and InquiryS-0 75 --- Carbonated Beverages - The Bubble MachineM-J

76 --- Bubbles - A Many Sided ProjectS-O

76 --- Lunar Movements - A Teaching ModelSpg 78 --- Oh Nuts! I Don't Understand AccelerationF-M 80 --- Science Can Be Wheel FunS-O

80 --- Piaget and One Square Inch of ThoughtN-D

80 --- Hamburger MathematicsF-M 8l --- Rocks in a BoxA-M 8l --- Directory AssistanceN-D

83 --- Einstein, Relativity, and the American RevolutionF-M

84 --- Tick-Tock: Time On My Hands

Science

and ChildrenJ-F 73--- Domestic Oases: A Study of Household Water

UseJ-F 74--- Letters: The Helium Balloon Data BankNov

73--- GooNov

74--- CB IV: The Fourth National Clay Boat ChampionshipsN-D 75--- Histograms and Raisin BreadN-D 75--- Phenomena for Inquiry: Transmission PolesN-D

77--- Phenomena for Inquiry: Radio ReceptionFeb

76--- Blackboard EllipsesMay 78--- Changes - A Study of Solar MotionApr 84--- For Its Only A Paper Moon

Summer

l984 - Named Editor of Early Adolescence Column (EAC)Oct 84

--- EAC - (Bettye Sue Tubertini) A

Camp Out - Conference StyleN-D 84

-- EAC - Patience, My Child! PatienceJan 85 --- EAC - The Great String DropFeb 85 --- EAC - Good VibrationsApr 85

--- EAC - Celestial Meetings -- Synodic PeriodsSep 85

--- EAC - The Strange Silo Problem

The

Science TeacherNov 73--- Clay Boats: Classroom or National - Idea

BankApr 76--- Stepping Into Water and Mud to Move With

River RhythmsOct

76--- Letters - response to aboveDec

76--- Repair of Thermometers - Idea BankMar 77--- Retelling the Barometer StoryApr 80--- Calling ScientistsMar

84--- You Graduate More Criminals Than ScientistsNov

84--- The Elliptical Johannes Kepler : ( Washington Educational Press

Award )Sep 85--- Reflecting on William Herschel

1996-97 -- NSTA / EXXON Energy Posters

He was a member of the author team who created ten posters -

(22" x 34") - distributed by NSTA in their journals:

The Science

Teacher, and Science Scope.

He designed and wrote THE SUN; and THE EARTH.

Science ScopeSep

84 --- The Water Planet - An IllusionApr

86--- Nature's AnglesOct

86--- A Drop In and Out of the Bucket

School

Science and MathematicsOct

74--- An Analysis of Helium Balloon DataApr

76--- Science, Careers and the Elementary SchoolApr

8l--- A Funny Thing Happened To Me While Waiting for a Hamburger

Science

Education (Book re-vus)

Jan

73--- Imagination and the Growth of the SciencesApr

73--- A Sense of the EarthOct

73--- Red Rock Country: The Geologic History of the Colorado PlateauJan

74--- Teaching and Earth Science in the Secondary SchoolJan

74--- Trends in American Geological Education During the Critical Years

(l954-60)

FAST

Journal - Florida Association of Science TeachersSum

79--- Quantifying the Moon's MotionFall

84--- You Graduate More Criminals Than Scientists

ISTA

Spectrum - Illinois Science Teachers AssociationFall

76--- Clay Boating in AmericaFall

83--- The Triangle-Square ProblemDec 86---

Earthwatch: Pre-Columbian Culture

Current

Science

Jan 9, 1978 Can

You Drink With a 50' Straw?

Journal

of Geological Ed

Jan / Feb 1979 Simulated

Three-Point Problems

Transescence The J. of the Emerging

Adolescent Education -- vol xi #1 1983 The

Learning Cycle: A Teaching Strategy for the Middle Grades

ESTES

Educator News

May 1985 Myths

Of Teaching Science

USA

Today

July 26, 1985: Illinois: Are Wyatt's Priorities Confused?

Dec 4, 1997: Goodbye & Thanks to Gramblin Coach

Feb 22, 1999: Definition Elusive

Mar 16, 2001: Academics Come Second

Jan 13, 2004: Gateway to nowhere

Mar 15, 2011: If Unions Lose, So

Do People

Aug 10, 2010: Attention spans get rewired interviewed

w/r to the impossibility of brain multi-tasking.

The brain works on one thing at a time. When you go to Task #2, it stops working on

Task #1. So you are EITHER

driving the car - OR - texting. Not both.

Apr

2011

Earthwatch Apr 1989 Guest

Commentator: "Nothing to Declare"

Addison-Wesley

Science Professional Information Bulletin: 1989 Teaching

Controversial Issues: Evolution

Journal

of Geological Ed : 1992: V. 40, p. 194 Sander,

P.M.; Gee, C.T.A

Volunteer-Powered Dinosaur Excavation in the Upper Triassic of SwitzerlandDr.

Leyden was a member of the Earthwatch research team who uncovered the

dinosaur bones cited in the title

Yearbook Chapters

1979 AETS

Yearbook

Theme: Science Education/Society -

A Guide to Interaction and Influence -- Career Education

1987 ATE

Proceedings Theme:

Diversity & Challenge in Teacher Education ---

"Earthwatch: Dead Men in Chile"

Charleston Times CourierJan

l2, 1989 --- Guest Column: If Abortion Is OutlawedJun

l9, 1990 --- Letters: Flag Flap Harder on Rule MakersJan 20, 1991 --- Guest Column: Gulf War Death Toll

Bound to Get HigherMar 22,1991 --- Letters: Here's Another Way To

Pay For FreedomMar

1992 --- Letters: Who Gets The Bill?Oct

22, 1992 --- Letters: Be Careful What You Wish ForNov 19, 1994 -- 'Reporting LIVE from Jordan - It's

Michael'Mar 6, 1996 --- Political Debates Are Foreign

to This VoterApr

1997 --- 'Keep Your Nose Clean' Takes On New

MeaningDec

7, 1998 -- 'Mascot Name Irks Prof'Apr 29, 1999 -- Multiply Columbine Terror By Six Mar 1999 -- 'Digging For Dinosaurs'May

10, 2001 -- Listening to The Dead Silence - Mummy Autopsy in ChileOct

4, 2008 Russia By River Mar 2010 Parental NUMB3RS Apollo 7 Astronauts

& Apollo 7 Conference ParentsApr

20, 2011 Some shots Count More Than OthersJly, 2011 EGYPT

Land of Contrasts

TEACHING

Pre-K-8 - Science Corner Columnist: 1989-99

This journal has a subscription base of

about 150,000 teachers. 1989-90:A/S

--- Shadow WatchingN/D

--- Books For Young ScientistsJan --- An Ice Way To Start The YearFeb

--- Acids, Bases And Acid RainN/D --- Waste Not, Want NotMay

--- The Worms' Turn1990-91:A/S --- It's Getting A Little Crowded In HereFeb

--- Oil Spills Make For Troubled WatersMar --- It's Not The Heat ... It's The HumidityMay

--- Super Bubbles1991-92A/S --- Getting Off to a Wonderful StartOct --- Pulling the Plug on ScienceN/D

--- A Walk In Outer SpaceFeb --- A Diet Report Card: F Is For FatMar --- Birds, Bears And BicyclesMay

--- Discovering Density

1992-93A/S --- Start The Year With A PopOct --- How To Give Science A SpinN/D

--- The Hole ThingJan

--- Athletic Pressure At The Winter OlympicsApr

--- Sneakers, Muscles and ScienceMay

--- Radiant Energy: What It Is & What It Does1993-94A/S --- Science At Your FingertipsOct --- Expansion & Contraction MattersN/D

--- 'Building' a Balloon in a BottleFeb --- The Egg & IMar --- Air Pressure "Eggs-periment"Apr

--- An Attractive Science LessonMay

--- Pedaling Into Summer1994-95A/S --- Round and Round We GoOct --- A Picture Perfect ActivityN/D

--- Seat Belt ScienceJan

--- An Activity to Whet Students' EnthusiasmFeb --- How Many Liters in a Wet BlanketMar --- A Lesson Centering on GravityApr

--- Beats The Daylight Out of MeMay

--- Ripping Into Science

1995-96A/S --- The Eyes Have ItOct --- Eclipsing The Light . . . FantasticN/D

--- Eclipse SeasonsJan

--- A Weighty Gravity LessonMar --- "Sinkers" and "Floaters"Apr

--- A Scientific Eggs-erciseMay

--- Silver Anniversary Science1996-97

Contact this candidate