Chuck DowningChuck Downing is an author of a series of abstracts/commentary on articles of scientific interest for AccessExcellence.org. He has been writing stories since the early 1980s and won a Teachers as Writers competition and a short story writing contest hrough Writer's Digest. Both his Masters Thesis and his Doctoral Dissertation were finalist for "Outstanding Submission" in their respective years.
He is author/editor of Making Connections, a four-textbook series of integrating science concepts from various disciplines around common theme; co-author of an alternative laboratory manual for Advanced Placement Biology for People's Education; designer/developer of six educational laboratory exercises for Science Kit and Ward's Biological Companies; and designer/developer of biotechnology laboratory kits for Stratagene Cloning, Systems.
Chuck has a BS in Biology and an MA and PhD in Science Education. He taught high school and university science courses for 40 years during which time he was a San Diego County Teacher of the Year, a Christa McAuliffe Fellow, a Fellow of the American Society of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, and a Presidential Awardee for Excellence in Science Teaching. Read More Read Less