Imagine a mild-mannered chemistry teacher, dressed in his lab coat with TI-83 in hand. Suddenly, from the depths of the back row, a troubled voice cries out in anguish, “The molarity of this solution has me stumped!” This mild mannered chemistry teacher rips off his lab coat, dons a pair of black sunglasses and emerges as Periodic Table Man! In a flash of red, he dashes to the aid of the helpless student. With wit and cunning he explains the nuances of molarity, the ratio of the moles solute per liter of solution. “His colorful periodic table shirt was great,” said junior Crystal Herzog. “I colored my table like (his shirt) and it helped me remember the elements.” Who is this Champion of Combustibility, this Argonaut of Atoms, this Emancipator of the Elements? It’s Flathead’s own Geoff Hughes, who has been nominated for the Presidential award for Excellence in Math and Science teaching. He was nominated by math teacher Fred Longhart. |
