Dr. Jeffrey Nowak State Judge Coordinator/Advisor nowakj@ipfw.edu

Education:

B.S. Biology from Ohio Northern University
M.A. Geology, Ball State University
PhD Science Education, Indiana University

Career History:

From 1994 to 1997, Jeff taught Biology, Chemistry, Geology and Physics at Columbus East High School in Columbus, IN.

From 1997 to 1999, he was an Associate Instructor of Elementary Science Education at Indiana University in Bloomington, IN.

From 1999 to 2000, he taught Middle School Science and the eighth grade gifted and talented (G&T) science program at Northside Middle School in Columbus, IN.

He joined the School of Education at Indiana University Purdue University, Fort Wayne in 2000 as a Visiting Instructor of Elementary Science Education.

Currently an Assistant Professor of Science Education at IPFW, he teaches EDUC Q200 Science Skills, E328 Science Methods for Pre service Elementary Teaching Majors, E548 Advanced Teaching of Science in the Elementary School and F500 - LEGO® Robotics for Teachers. His research interests include how to incorporate and utilize "best practice" technologies and inquiry based instructional strategies in the K12 science classroom. This will be Jeff’s forth year working with the state FLL tournament.