41st ANNUAL WINTER CONFERENCE:
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Erin Colfax
Erin Colfax is a science educator, climate education consultant, and research explorer who has spent the past twenty-five years traveling throughout the seven continents while conducting six international research projects designed to enlighten her students and enhance their education of “real world science”.
Erin has taught elementary, middle, and high school science courses for the past 25 years in both public and private schools in New Jersey. She has graduate degrees from Montana State University and Ramapo College. She authored The Science Lab Safety Lesson Manual, co-authored Writing Poetry through the Eyes of Science, and has published in The Earth Scientist.
In 2024 she began collaborating with the New Jersey School of Conservation to design professional development surrounding climate education for teachers across the state of NJ under the Climate Change Learning Collaborative Grant for multiple disciplines and grade levels of
educators. Erin has received grants from various organizations for her creative science education methods over the course of her career. She has also presented at the Weston Science Scholars Program at Montclair State University, The New Jersey Science Convention, The New Jersey State Education Convention, and the Annual Convention for the National Council of Teachers of English.
In addition, Erin has been named Teacher of the Year from the NJCSTE, was a New Jersey
Business / Industry / Science Education Consortium Scholar and was identified as an “Up and Coming” Female Legend. Erin Colfax resides in West Milford, New Jersey with her husband
and children where she continues to pursue science, fishing, skiing, and gardening.
Erin Colfax is a science educator, climate education consultant, and research explorer who has spent the past twenty-five years traveling throughout the seven continents while conducting six international research projects designed to enlighten her students and enhance their education of “real world science”.
Erin has taught elementary, middle, and high school science courses for the past 25 years in both public and private schools in New Jersey. She has graduate degrees from Montana State University and Ramapo College. She authored The Science Lab Safety Lesson Manual, co-authored Writing Poetry through the Eyes of Science, and has published in The Earth Scientist.
In 2024 she began collaborating with the New Jersey School of Conservation to design professional development surrounding climate education for teachers across the state of NJ under the Climate Change Learning Collaborative Grant for multiple disciplines and grade levels of
educators. Erin has received grants from various organizations for her creative science education methods over the course of her career. She has also presented at the Weston Science Scholars Program at Montclair State University, The New Jersey Science Convention, The New Jersey State Education Convention, and the Annual Convention for the National Council of Teachers of English.
In addition, Erin has been named Teacher of the Year from the NJCSTE, was a New Jersey
Business / Industry / Science Education Consortium Scholar and was identified as an “Up and Coming” Female Legend. Erin Colfax resides in West Milford, New Jersey with her husband
and children where she continues to pursue science, fishing, skiing, and gardening.