Mr.+Holliday

Hi, everyone, I'm Mr. Holliday. I teach Chemistry, Pre-AP Chemistry, and AP Physics B (and occasionally Pre-Calculus) at CCHS. This will be my fifth year at the school. Before coming to CCHS, I completed my Master of Science degree in physics at UAB, where I did my [|thesis research] on the [|synthesis] and [|characterization] of a thin-film ceramic.

I live in Pinson with my wife Dawn and our daughter Maggie (3). We have a boy on the way and expect him in October, 2010. We have a shih-tzu named Suzie who is 15 years old. I like to teach, and I like to read. I used to watch movies and television, but those have become much less important to me over the past few years. The very best thing in the world is spending time with my family and friends. When I get the chance I also like to go camping and hiking (ask me about the waterfalls I saw this summer). I have a few other eclectic hobbies, some of which you'll pick up on in class as the year progresses.

Here is a little something useful. When I read a book these days, I include it on my bookshelf at a site called Shelfari. You can see what I'm working on below. Also, when I surf the web, if I bookmark a page, I save it with a site called delicious.com. Then it gets shared with anyone who cares to look. See below.

If you have any trouble or questions about what I'm asking you to do before school starts, please email me or send me a message through this wiki.

I look forward to seeing you all in AP Physics B in August. While you are enjoying the last few days of summer break, I will be in Houston, TX, with a team of teachers. We are taking an experiment, which several of your classmates helped design, to fly it in "weightlessness" on NASA's [|vomit comet]. So enjoy thinking of me floating over the Gulf of Mexico off the Texas Coast and trying not to lose my lunch!

See you in August.



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