warren phillips taught science for 35 years for the plymouth public schools in plymouth, massachusetts, and an additional 5 years at silver lake schools in kingston, ma. as a middle school science teacher, he organized a three-day outdoor education trip for all plymouth seventh graders for 25 years. he helped obtain grants to establish and maintain a tv studio within the school. his classes initiated and organized a recycling program for plymouth schools. he is a contributing writer for the prentice-hall "science explorer" series and has written curriculum for northeastern university’s project seed and the plymouth public schools science curriculum. he is a board certified teacher by the national board for professional teaching standards (nbpts). in 2008, he received an "earthwatch" fellowship to study elephant behavior at tsavo east national park in kenya . phillips has a b.a. in earth sciences, an m.a.t. in teaching physical sciences and an m. ed. in instructional technology from bridgewater state university in bridgewater, mass.