Daniel Richards of Meadow Valley Schools in New Meadows, and member of the Solar 4R Schools program was recently honored for the second time this year for his good work as a science teacher.
Richards was named the “GIANTS Middle School Teacher” by Idaho Governor C.L “Butch” Otter last month.
Richards has also been honored as the environmental educator of the year.
As a teacher and mentor, Mr. Richards has been brining an appreciation of science to his students and community for the past 28 years.
Mr. Richards engages his entire community in science learning throughout the school year and in the summer. Students look forward to the annual week-long science trip they take with Mr. Richards to different ecological and geographical sites where they create podcasts, notebooks, and journals describing their experiences. Mr. Richards models the trip based on his own experiences from conducting hands-on research.
