Meet Mr. Snyder:
College: B.A.
Secondary Ed. Earth/Space Science University of Wyoming (2001)
M.S. Secondary Ed. Earth Science Missouri
State University (2006).
Favorite Food:
Mexican
Favorite Book:
A Brief History of Time/ The Universe in a Nutshell
Favorite Movie:
The Bourne Movies, Indiana Jones Movies, National Treasure
Hobbies: trail
running, hiking and camping, Cross-Fit
Teaching Assignments:
Earth/Space Science, Earth/Space Science Honors, Scientific Research and Design, Meteorology, Astronomy
Professional Organizations:
Geologic Society of America (GSA),
MNEA, National Earth Science Teachers
Association (NESTA)
Professional Papers/Presentations:
Integrating New Technologies
and Research into the High School Curriculum (presented at GSA Conference, University of Kansas, 2007)
Ground Penetrating Radar
Images of the Haviland, KS. Impact Crater (presented at GSA Conference, University of Kansas 2007).
Co-author with student Katie Click
Characterization of the
Oldest and Youngest Lunar Mare Basalts using Crater Counting (presented at the 2010 NASA Lunar Science Forum NASA
Ames Conference Center, Moffett Field, California) Co-author with students Amy Richter, Richie Hearn, Hannah Thomas,
and Charles Kagogo.
Using Boulder Diameter-Crater
Diameter Ratios to Differentiate Primary Craters from Secondary Craters on the Lunar Surface (presented at the 2011 NASA
Lunar Science Forum at NASA AMES Conference Center, Moffett Field, CA) Co-author with students Hannah Adams, Ally Fess, Cody
Carroll, and Richie Hearn. ****Second Place Overall in NLSI Poster Competition
Stratified Ejecta Boulders as
Indicators of Layered Plutons on the Lunar Nearside (presented at the 2012 NASA Lunar Science Forum at NASA AMES
Conference Center, Moffett Field, CA) Co-author with students Abby Delawder, Austen Beason, and Victoria Wilson. ****Third
Place Overall in NLSI Poster Competition. Research is being published in Nature Geoscience. Research was also presented at
the Lunar Highlands Conference in Bozeman, Montana. This research will also be an oral presentation at the Lunar and Planetary
Science Conference (LPSC) in the Woodlands, TX.
Chasma Boreale; Cryptic Terrane as Indicators of Subsurface Water and Stages of Geyser Formation (presented
at the Geologic Mappers Conference at the USGS in Flagstaff, AZ) Co author with Jordyn Cloud, Sara Hickle, and Ravyn Vialpando.
Professional Accomplishments:
2006-2007 Award of Outstanding
Contributions and Service to Constellation Club
2007 Springfield R-12 Teacher
of the Year Finalist.
2009 American Geological Society
Outstanding Earth Science Teacher (mid-continent region)
2010 The Center for Lunar Science
and Exploration (CLSE) Award for Exellence in Lunar Research Guidance
2011 The Center for Lunar Science
and Exploration (CLSE) Award for Exellence in Lunar Research Guidance
2012 The Center for Lunar Science and Exploration (CLSE) Award for
Exellence in Lunar Research Guidance
2011-2012 Mars Exploration Student Data Team Award Outstanding Contributions to CRISM and Mars
Exploration Program
