Nancy F. Eckert
Education:
AB from University of Pennsylvania
MA in Ed Lehigh University
Teaching Experiences:
Palisades School District 8 years
Bethlehem Area School District 30 years
Department Chairperson of Mathematics at Freedom HS 10 years
Professional Activities/Experiences:
-Wrote the teacher comments for The Platonic Solids for a grant from Swarthmore
College
-Received The Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching Mathematics for the
Eastern Region of Pennsylvania 1994
-Taught Methods in Mathematics and Precalculus Courses at Moravian College as an
adjunct professor
-Made a presentation at a PA Conference "But We Never Had This Before!"
featuring various activities for lower achieving students. It included
statistics, geometry, algebra, and combinatorics.
-Presented lessons to elementary students on tessellations, Platonic solids, and
areas of polygons.
-Facilitated some of Dennis Ebersole's Eisenhower Grants for HS mathematics
teachers
-Served as a mentor for Math Science Project NSF grant 1999 to 2005 in area High
Schools