This month, we recognize Blake Colaianne of Dallastown Area High School in Dallastown, PA, for his commitment to professional development and for sharing his classroom pedagogical innovations in Earth and space science.  Blake is the 2012 William B. McIlwaine Science Teaching Award winner from the Pennsylvania Science Teachers Association and an author on two peer-reviewed journal articles, including one manuscript in the Journal of Geoscience Education.  Recently, Blake attended the Geological Society of America Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, and he presented in a geoscience education session at the Northeastern Section Meeting of the Geological Society of America in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.  Blake’s presentation was titled, “Constructing a Climate Change Unit for High School Science Based on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Framework.”  His innovative approach for teaching students about climate change and sources of climate data was a topic of conversation among attendees at his talk throughout the remainder of the conference.

Congratulations, Blake - you clearly are a PAESTAR!