{"id":582,"date":"2008-05-12T07:14:10","date_gmt":"2008-05-12T11:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/?p=582"},"modified":"2008-08-06T22:09:12","modified_gmt":"2008-08-07T02:09:12","slug":"one-of-the-best-in-the-nation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=582","title":{"rendered":"One of the best in the nation"},"content":{"rendered":"

I feel like I’ve been writing about science standards battles and legislative battles for far too long. So, it feels good to finally get back to saying good things about Florida science education. Congratulations to chemistry teacher Lisa Peake: Wesley Chapel chemistry teacher wins Presidential Award of Excellence<\/a><\/p>\n

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WESLEY CHAPEL \u00e2\u20ac\u201d Lisa Peake isn’t just good at her job. She’s one of the best in the nation.<\/p>\n

So good, in fact, that the Wesley Chapel High School chemistry teacher just returned from Washington, D.C., bearing the nation’s highest honor in her field: the 2007 Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching.<\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

Peake is the only science teacher in Florida to win the presidential award.<\/p>\n

As a state finalist, she got to ride on a special plane that simulated zero gravity. As the plane flew a series of parabolas to simulate weightlessness, Peake and other teachers conducted experiments \u00e2\u20ac\u201d and did some other stuff.<\/p>\n

“We did the fun things like Superwoman or eating M&Ms,” she said. “It was fascinating.”<\/p>\n

Science is fun. It’s a message Peake works to impart to her students. But science is also demanding.<\/p>\n

“She raises the bar on them all the way,” Crosby said. “Some of these kids, they want to give their best, but they want to take a shortcut or hope a teacher slacks on them.<\/p>\n

“But she didn’t and they respected why she didn’t. That’s huge.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I feel like I’ve been writing about science standards battles and legislative battles for far too long. So, it feels good to finally get back to saying good things about Florida science education. 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