Christy Richardson, born March 12, 1983 in Fort Pierce, Florida, currently residing in Mayodan, NC, is a science guru at Dalton L. McMichael High School. She is a teacher of earth science, biology, and has previously taught chemistry for four years at the high school (chemistry not included in all four years). To start off, Christy earned her two years at Indian River State in Fort Pierce, Florida, and earned her four years at the University of Florida, giving her a degree in Microbiology. If Christy wasn’t teaching, she would have used her degree for research, which she did before moving to North Carolina. She worked in the orange groves of Florida using bio-pesticides and entomopathogenic fungus, environmentally safe fungus that attacks
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She said, “I look at my students as being lab rats. I like to see how they comprehend information and experiment on ways to get them to learn better.” She has a passion for turning the classroom into a huge learning experiment to see what works and doesn’t work. “Science is really the best and greatest subject of them all. There is no subject that doesn’t involve science somehow.” As many people know, Christy “loves doing things outside and is a big science nerd.” One of her most interesting hobbies is her fascination with classifying fungus and North American mushrooms. With this comes a lot of research of fungus and collecting mushrooms, specifically spore prints. Christy is also a big Minecrafter and a lover of sci-fi.
Christy’s family plays a big role in her scientific life as well. She said, “We spend most of our time on youtube looking at experiments and the news, more than we do looking at vines.” Her sons, Casey, Gabe, and Owen, along with her husband, Matt, are all science nerds with her. They always see the scientific side of things and are always willing to learn more. From fire and chemical reactions, to learning how to better jump their bikes in the yard. Christy’s family can not get enough science. It has become a part of their daily
She said, “I look at my students as being lab rats. I like to see how they comprehend information and experiment on ways to get them to learn better.” She has a passion for turning the classroom into a huge learning experiment to see what works and doesn’t work. “Science is really the best and greatest subject of them all. There is no subject that doesn’t involve science somehow.” As many people know, Christy “loves doing things outside and is a big science nerd.” One of her most interesting hobbies is her fascination with classifying fungus and North American mushrooms. With this comes a lot of research of fungus and collecting mushrooms, specifically spore prints. Christy is also a big Minecrafter and a lover of sci-fi.
Christy’s family plays a big role in her scientific life as well. She said, “We spend most of our time on youtube looking at experiments and the news, more than we do looking at vines.” Her sons, Casey, Gabe, and Owen, along with her husband, Matt, are all science nerds with her. They always see the scientific side of things and are always willing to learn more. From fire and chemical reactions, to learning how to better jump their bikes in the yard. Christy’s family can not get enough science. It has become a part of their daily