Teacher: Ray Kaschalk, Haverling High School, Bath
Meet Mr. Kaschalk (a.k.a. Gunnery Sergeant Morpheus Mentum). Mr. K is a graduate of Mansfield University, Mansfield, PA. He holds a B.S.E. in secondary physics education and an M.S.E. with an emphasis in computers in education.
Mr. K is permanently certified to teach in New York, and is a National Board Certified Teacher® in AYA Science, in the specialty area of Physics. Mr. Kaschalk is a lab developer for Cornell University’s Center for Nanoscale Systems Institute for Physics Teachers and a multiple honoree of Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers ®. He was chosen to participate on the NYS Regents Physics Exam Review Committee, and is a test item writer / field test rater for the Regents Physical Setting/Physics exam.
Mr. K brings a wealth of experience to the classroom. He received nuclear reactor operator and electronics technician training in the US Navy, became a commissioned officer in the US Army reserve and served as an M-1 Tank Platoon Leader.
During his summers, he served as a Park Ranger in the US Army Corps of Engineers and has also worked as a lab technician in the High Power Test Lab at Cutler-Hammer in Horseheads, NY. More recently, Mr. K has participated in research experiences at Cornell University and has developed workshops which tie modern material science to Regents level modern physics curriculum.
2009 Physics (Windows Media file)
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Powerpoint:
Physics
Physics Captures
Reference materials:
NYSED
Physics resource page
http://www.nysedregents.org/testing/hsregents.html
http://www.atomicarchive.com/sciencemenu.shtml
http://particleadventure.org/particleadventure/
http://www.cns.cornell.edu/cipt/
http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/scienceopticsu/powersof10/
http://www.nbpts.org/
Check out Mr. Kaschalk’s Physics Page:
www.bathcsd.org/haverling-high.cfm