"Our class loved your presentation and talked about it
all day!
It really got them thinking. Thanks so much for a super hour."
Ms.
Van Dyke, teacher
Washington St. School
Penacook, NH
"The workshop was wonderful - well organized
+ ample supplies / tools.
The presenter's energy and enthusiasm really motivated all."
Ms. Niskahen, teacher
Wilkins
Elementary School
Amherst, NH
From Fiske Family Bulletin December 15, 2000
Letter from the Principal:
" This week I
watched Tom Wahle from Techsploration.
As he helped students investigate concepts in sound, flight,
structures,
simple machines, weather, and design, His strong scientific knowledge
base
was evident. Yet what made him outstanding wasn't the fact
that he
knew that sound is invisible and travels in waves, or that a body in
motion
tends to stay in motion, ot that forces work on a structure in two
ways:
compression and tension, or that simple machines help us do work by
trading
distance for effort, or that air has weight so it also exerts pressure,
or that moving air is less dense than non-moving air. He
clearly
knew all that, but what made him outstanding was the way he was able to
communicate that knowledge base to our children.
Tom Wahle had
a solid understanding of
children and knew how to motivate and captivate them. He was
able
to design creative lessons to teach desired concepts that fascinated
children
and adults. His instructional repertoire was vast.
He used
song, props, humor, costume and technology to help convey
information.
He knew how to make connections for students, and how to involve them
in
learning. There are many people who probably have the same
amount
of science content knowledge that Tom Wahle has, and many may even have
more knowledge. But, what they may not have is that
special
gift of being able to teach."
Elaine Harold, Pricipal
Fiske Elementary School
Wellesley, MA
