...My name is Caleb and I am a highly qualified chemistry educator in the state of Maryland. I have been teaching high school chemistry and I have taught all levels of chemistry for the past 9 years. I currently teach Honors Chemistry, AP Chemistry, and a semester organic chemistry elective. (read more)
I taught high school math for 8 years in Montgomery County, Maryland. I taught Geometry, Algebra 2, SAT Prep and Pre Calculus. I ‘retired’ to raise my family, but I have been tutoring pretty regularly for the past 15 years. (read more)
...An example of a worked project would be my machine learning final, in which I trained various convolutional neural networks to classify images in American sign language. I am also interested in the theoretical work of computer science, for my senior thesis I applied topological and analytical te... (read more)
...As examples, I utilize molecular models for kinesthetic learners and drawing tools for visual learners to help us “see” molecular shapes because visualizing and manipulating molecules in 3D space is a vital skill in o-chem. The secret to learning “orgo” is to recognize that it is an organized language. You cannot memorize all this material. (read more)
...I prefer to use a socratic method, asking students questions, so that they are prompted to think and reason instead of simply learning a process to follow. In subjects like math and science, learning to reason in a logical sequence is foundational for developing mastery. I graduated Highschool earning a 4 in the Calculus AB AP test and a 790/800 in the math section of the SAT. (read more)