Hi, I am Cheryl Brooks. I have been teaching for 23 years, five of those years in New Mexico and the remainder of the years in Fort Worth, Texas. I am certified in composite science and have taught every science from grades 5-12 except Earth Science. I am currently teaching AP Physics, AP Chemistry and Pre-AP Physics at Boswell High School in Fort Worth.

     I have been involved with QuarkNet for the last eleven years as a lead teacher at the University of Texas at Arlington. I am currently an e-lab Fellow and I have a cosmic ray detector in my classroom that students have used for research.  My students and granddaughter presented their research at the National Science Teachers Conference in Dallas in 2004.

     In the summers in addition to working part time at the University of Texas at Arlington, I love to participate in teacher enrichment programs that expose me to new insights and experiences that I can share with my students in the classroom. I have been trained in Operation Physics in San Diego. I was a TRAC teacher at the Hanford Site in Washington State. I’ve done research in anatomy and physiology at the University of North Texas Health Sciences Center. In addition to attending several workshops at FermiLab for QuarkNet, I have also participated in MARSFEST, a NASA sponsored program that studied the perma frost in Alaska.

     The most faithful supporter of my science teaching is the love of my life, my husband of 38 years, Gary. We have three adult children and four grandchildren that keep us busy with their sports and school activities.