Education and Inspiration through the ancient art of storytelling!
Dr. Marshall Berman
Founding President, Coalition for Excellence in Science and Math Education
5408 Vista Sandia, NE, Albuquerque New Mexico 87111
June 24, 2008
Dear Mr. Ellis (Brian), I was extremely pleased by your stage performance of the young Darwin and his voyage on the Beagle. Your material, acting, stage presence, and knowledge of Darwin himself were outstanding. It was one of the best monologue performances I have ever seen. Furthermore, your responses in the Q and A afterwards demonstrated an extensive knowledge of Darwin, evolution, and indeed science itself.
Thank you so much for this wonderful experience.
Sincerely,
Dr. Marshall Berman
Past President, CESE
Past President, New Mexico Academy of Science
Past Vice President, New Mexico State Board of Education
Retired technical manager, Sandia National Laboratories
December 2, 2008
To Brian "Fox" Ellis:
The Illinois Science Teachers Association wishes to thank you for your excellent presentations as Charles Darwin at our annual conference November 13-14, 2008. We particularly appreciated your adaptability to making different presentations at three different times and your willingness to have photos taken with science teachers for our Illinois--2009 Year of Science promotion. Your use of period dress, accent, and props provided Charles Darwin with a fresh and enthusiastic image.
Your creativity as well as the historical and scientific accuracy of your presentations were reflected in the evaluations done by conference participants. They rated you very highly for your sessions, and several stated you were the best feature of this conference.
I found the interchanges among the teachers, you, and the other scientist-actors were excellent and wish we would have recorded all of these presentations for their intelligence, wit, historic facts, and great presentation skills.
We look forward to having you at the ISTA conference again and I will strongly recommend you to other science teacher organizations.
Harry Hendrickson
Executive Director
Illinois Science Teachers Associaton
