Mr. Bigler

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Class information may be found by following the appropriate links at the left. The MOODLE site contains downloadable copies of class notes and worksheets, an assignment calendar, and links to instructional videos and other reference materials available on the internet.

Professional

I have been a high school chemistry and physics teacher since 2003. I currently teach physics at Lynn English High School. (Go Bulldogs!)

I am a member of the committee that is writing the lab manual for the revised AP Chemistry curriculum, which will be introduced within the next few years. I am also an active participant in the Phys-L, PhysLrnr, ChemEd-L and AP-Chem email discussion groups.

Prior to teaching, I worked in the pharmaceutical and software industries.

This Week

I will be performing in a concert with the New England Philharmonic at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Boston on Saturday March 3, at 8:00pm.

Mini Biography

I was born in December 1964, which places me squarely on the cusp between the "baby boomers" and "generation X". I grew up in Corning, NY, where I graduated as salutatorian of the Corning-Painted Post East High School class of 1983. I earned two bachelor of science (S.B.) degrees from MIT, one in chemical engineering (1987) and one in biology (1988).

After college, I worked for five years as a chemical process engineer for Advanced Magnetics, and then eight years as a software engineer and operations manager for several startup companies. I started my teaching career in 2003.

I married my wife Nancy (a fellow MIT graduate) in 1996, and we went to Antarctica on our honeymoon. We have two daughters, Margaret (age 12), and Laura (age 9). Both girls attend the Harborlight-Stoneridge Montessori School in Beverly.

Interests

My primary interests outside of school are music and dance. I play viola professionally with Symphony by the Sea, and also with the New England Philharmonic. I am the dance foreman (teacher) for two morris dance teams: Red Herring Morris, an adult team, and Banbury Cross Morris, a children's team (ages 9 through high school). I have a wide range of other hobbies and interests as well, including caving, scuba diving, coffee roasting, locksmithing, LARPs/roleplaying games, bicycling, travel, amateur radio, camping & hiking, computers, photography, community theater, trains, skiing, and coins.