...I've also been a middle-school science fair judge at local and regional levels for more than twenty years. I enjoyed these activities so much, in fact, that about eleven years ago I decided to broaden my education outreach efforts and start tutoring, focusing mainly on physics and math, includin... (read more)
...Consider the operation d/dx( f(x) ). It is difficult to know what these symbols are implying unless you might see that d/dx( x^2) = 2x, d/dx( x^3) = 3x^2, d/dx( x^4) = 4x^3, d/dx( x^5) = 5x^4. Eventually you might catch that the power of x in the parentheses drops down and becomes a coefficient in each equation. This is just one pattern you are guaranteed to learn with plenty of repetition. (read more)
...SAT: 1600ACT: 36PSAT/NMSQT: 231 (old scale, 99th percentile and National Merit Scholar)GRE: 780V / 780M / 6.0 AWRLSAT: 177AP exams with top possible score ("5"):(1) AP Calculus BC;(2) AP Chemistry;(3) AP European History;(4) AP U.S. Government and Politics;(5) AP Macroeconomics;(6) AP Physics B ... (read more)
...My expertise in teaching Geometry includes explaining the following concepts and skills:
-Points, lines and collinear points
-Planes and intersection of two planes
Practice drawing and naming points, lines, collinear points and planes
-Line segments and their measures
Practice drawing, nami... (read more)