FHSTheFlash The Flash Volume 46, Issue 6 April 2006 | Page 14

What to Expect
from Nowinski
If taking Honors Chemistry...
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Here Mr. Nowinski answers junior Alex
Wernette’s questions to a problem
from the Honors Advanced Placement
Chemistry course.

Mr. Nowinski goes into deep discussion
of a chemistry section to one of this
Advanced Placement Chem courses. It’s
never a dull day in his classroom,
cracking jokes (though they maybe dry)
and unusual analogies are a daily ritual.

Chemistry goes to a
whole new level

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There will not be many labs in class,
although when there is it’s usually
exciting to students because it is a
rare thing.
You will always take notes during
the hour.
A quiz almost every week
After you take a quiz, you can be
sure there will be a test at least two
days later.
Do not let your mind wonder during
a lecture, if you miss one thing
during it you most like likely will be
lost throughout the rest of th eclass
If you’re falling behind in this
coursedon’t wait to go ask for help
Lectures may take up the entire
class but always do your homework. He’ll drop the lowest quiz
grade if you have no missing assignments.

Dave Nowinski tries his
best to help each student one on one with
whatever questionsthey
may have. Sometimes
there may not be enough
time during the class period time, a student can
always go to his seminar.
Most of the time there
are other students coming in for help, but without a doubt he will make
time for your questions.

By Jerica Pitts ‘08
Flash Staff Reporter

Out of the three chemistry teachers at Fraser High School, two of
their teaching styles cannot even compare to the way Dave Nowinski
shoves the information into his students’ brains.
Most teachers have a certain way of relating their concepts to
actual events/objects/other theories/etc… to help students understand it better, just like others Mr. Nowinski does this too. Although,
it is unlike most others. ways. He comes up with all kinds of analogies that don’t just help somone remember what it is that they are
learning about, but also makes the dicussion interesting and hilarious to hear. He alludes to objects that we can understand for example, stories about “sharing jelly beans” and “sharing our
m&ms.”Sometimes the lectures aren’t as exciting, but that’s normal not everything can be turned into something that will make us all
l
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g
h
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Everyones favorite lecture was most likely the personality
test which explains what kind of person we are. Although he is
obviously not every single type of personality, he explains each of
them
as
though
he
was.
Chemistry is taken to an entirely new level in his class. When
talking to other people from the other classes, nothing can compare
toNowinski’s
teaching
styles.

Photos taken by Jerica Pitts