The image above is that of an engraving made on the back of a penny as seen through an electron scanning microscope at the University of Alabama. SCIENCE IS AWESOME. I have been teaching science in Palm Beach County for 22 years. I currently teach 7 th and 8th grade gifted and advanced science and I am the Science Department Instructional Leader. I am the SECME coordinator at PSMS for the seventh year. PSMS has been the SECME district champions at the middle school level for the past five years and we have been first place in the mousetrap car competition the past three years in a row. We have gone to national competition and won third place the last two years. I am very active with SECME, teaching new teachers and students how to get started.