Hi ! Thanks for visiting my Science Home Page!! My name is Warren Phillips. I have been married for 31 years. My wife and I have 2 children, Jeffrey and Kristin. We have a dog named Kiwi. My hobbies include carpentry, music (keyboard and guitar), and gardening. Click here to see my Japanese water garden! Take a virtual tour of the garden by clicking here!  One of my favorite places is in Maine, where we vacation every summer. Take a virtual tour of my classroom by clicking here!

Biographical Information:
Mr. Phillips is a seventh grade science/ARL teacher in Plymouth, where he's taught for 32 years. He has a B.A. in Earth Sciences, an M.A.T. in Teaching Physical Sciences and an M. ED. in Instructional Technology from Bridgewater State College in Bridgewater, Mass. In 1999, he was selected as a PALMS teacher leader. He's a contributing writer for the Prentice-Hall Science Explorer series and has written curriculum for Northeastern University's Project SEED and the Plymouth Public Schools on-line science curriculum. He's also a certified JASON Project teacher trainer. Recently, he passed the teaching test given by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS). Also, he was selected as a finalist for the Massachusetts Presidential award in 2001, 2002, and 2003. He was "Teacher of the Year" in Time For Kids/Chevrolet Teaching Excellence Award in 2002, winning a Chevy Malibu and $2000 for his classroom. He won the Massachusetts Software and Internet Council's Above and Beyond Award in 2002 and 2003. He has been appointed to the advisory board of Docutek, a web portal used for school-parent-teacher communication. Warren was a semi-finalist in Technology and Learning's Ed Tech Leader of the Year for 2003. In 2004, he was selected for a DisneyHand Teaching Award, honoring creativity in teaching. From the 39 DisneyHand teachers, he was selected as Middle School Teacher of the Year, an honor he treasures. In 2005, Warren was selected as a contestant on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire. Click here to read his diary about the experience. His essay about teaching is featured in the NSTA monograph entitled Exemplary Science in Grades 5-8: Standards-Based Success Stories. In 2006, he was named as a USA Today All-USA Teaching Team winner. Only 20 teachers nation-wide were chosen. Warren was also selected as the Massachusetts Science Teacher of the Year for Plymouth County in 2006, and also earned the Presidential Volunteer Service Award . This summer , Warrren will be going to Kenya studying Elephants on an earthwatch fellowship! He was recently inducted into the Massachusetts Science Educators Hall Of Fame

Warren's teaching duties include garden club advisor, Cable TV News Producer, and coordinator of a 3-day, 2-night outdoor education field trip for 700+ students. He has also produced 3 CD's of Science Songs entitled Sing-A-Long Science ,Sing-A-Long Science--The Sequel, and Sing-A-Long Science--The Second Sequel.

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