Terry Mondy
He was an Edmund James Scholar and has a BS in Biology Education from the University of Illinois. He graduated with “High Honors with Distinction in the Curriculum.”
He has an MS in Biology from Purdue University. He received a complete scholarship from the National Science Foundation and graduated #1 in his class with a perfect 5.0 average.
He retired in June, 2002 after 33 years as a science teacher at WheelingHigh School in Wheeling, Illinois. In 1992 he was voted by the Illinois Science Teacher's Association as one of the ten best science teachers in Illinois,and in 1992 and 2001 he received High School District 214's Outstanding Contributions to Education Award. The National Association of Biology teachers honored him as the Outstanding Biology Teacher in Illinois for school year 1999-2000.
He has been under attack by the American Civil Liberties Union and other pressure groups for the position he has taken on the Creation/Evolution issue in the public schools.
He has published more than 25 articles relating to the Creation/Evolution issue. He was a speaker and had a paperpublished at The Second International Conference On Creationism in Pittsburgh, PA. He is the author of two books:Making Your Biology/Life Science Class the Best It Can BeandNew andInnovative Strategies for Accelerating Student Achievement and Motivation in your Biology/Life Science Classes.
He has appeared on national television and on Moody Radio's Open Line. He has been interviewed for CTV's Channel 40 in Pittsburgh, and D. James Kennedy's Coral Ridge Ministries in Ft. Lauderdale, FL.
He received a grant from his high school district and was on a research team that discovered a dinosaur along the PaluxyRiver near Glen Rose, Texas. In the summer of 1991 he did a research project on catastrophic geology and biological recovery at Mount St. Helens in Washington. In 1997 he did ecological research in and around Grand TetonNational Park. In October of 1998 he was on a research team which photographed and studied polar bears near Churchill, Manatoba, Canada.
He has released aneducationalvideo entitled THE GREAT DEBATE: Evolution vs. Creation. This video has been distributed nationwide and in 15 countries to public schools, colleges, universities and churches, and has been endorsed by the Illinois Science Teachers Association's SPECTRUM magazine, School Library Journal, and Moody Monthly.
Currently he has been a speaker for the Bureau of Education and Research in Seattle. He presents a one-day seminar throughout North Americafor life science teachers on how to make their biology classes the best they can be. His seminars have been attended by thousands of life science teachers.
He also has been on the faculty at JudsonUniversity in Elgin, Illinois and Trinity International University in Deerfield, Illinois.