"I find both Science and young minds fascinating. There is always something new that pops up when dealing with Science and I am continually intrigued how high school and junior high students reinvent and construct a worldview often superior to their predecessors."


Dan Schmidt - Science



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Schedule

     Period 1     Planning
     Period 2     Physical Science
     Period 3     Earth Science
     Period 4     Life Science
     Period 5     Biology
     Period 6     Chemistry
     Period 7     Physics
     Period 8     Robotics

     Science Olympiad Sponsor

     ScienceFair Sponsor

     Quiz Bowl Sponsor

E-mail: danschmidt@esu7.org


"A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds."

                                                                                                  "All life is an experiment."

"Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm."

                                                                          "Make yourself necessary to someone."

                                                                                                                                                               Ralph Waldo Emerson





                      Interesting Facts about

                      Mr. Schmidt

Hobbies/ Interests:
Entomology (especially the study of the Family Staphylinidae, a group of common but poorly known beetles), gardening, and eating out.

Favorite Sport:
No particular favorite

Favorite Movie:
Serenity (latest in a long line of Sci-Fi movies I've liked)

Favorite Color:
Purple

Favorite Actor/Actress:
No particular favorite

Favorite Food:
Mexican

Favorite Pop:
Mt. Dew (but Dr. Pepper with meals)

Favorite Book:
Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond

Daniel A. Schmidt went to Schuyler Central High School and graduated in 1974. After attending the University of Nebraska-Lincoln for three semesters he came back to the family farm where he raised hogs for 30 years. He recently continued his education at Central Community College-Columbus, and Wayne State College. Dan graduated in the spring of 2007 with a Bachelors Degree in Education with an endorsement in Natural Science. Mr. Schmidt is married to Virginia, with a daughter (Katie) and a son (Andrew).

He currently lives on the same farm that he grew up on. His wife and he are empty-nesters with both of their children in college

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Web Sites

Mr. Schmidt's Curriculum Vitae
www.geocities.com/neobisnius

University of Nebraska
State Museum, Entomology

http://www-museum.unl.edu/research/entomology

The Coleopterists Society
http://www.coleopsoc.org

Nebraska Acadamy of Science
http://www.neacadsci.org/

Nebraska Asociation of
Teachers of Science

http://www.neacadsci.org/nats/index.htm