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Field Station · Buffalo NY · EST. 2019
Science teacher. Data cartographer. Professional noticer.
Teaching science in Buffalo Public Schools since 2017. NYS Master Teacher Fellow. Builder of interactive maps, data dashboards, and simulations — because some stories only make sense when you can see them.
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Field sites
Projects · surveyed & live
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Adirondacks · History · Maps
A Century of Quads
Historic USGS quads from 1900, 1950, and 1990 draped over 3D terrain, plus a print room for wall-sized copies.
Survey the site 02 Adirondacks · MapsAll the Water
Every body of water inside the Blue Line, drawn from the National Hydrography Dataset: 11,212 lakes and ponds and 13,459 miles of river and stream. Each stream is drawn as wide as the water above it.
Survey the site 03 Buffalo · Civic DataBuffalo 311
Search every service request the city has logged, live from Open Data Buffalo.
Survey the site 04 Astronomy · BuffaloBuffalohenge
The exact date and minute the sun sets straight down each Buffalo street. Of 511 streets, 289 never line up at all.
Survey the site 05 Data Visualization · MapsFind My Town
Ever driving around with no idea what town you’re actually in? Tap once and it names the exact city, town, or village you’re standing in and draws its border around you — even with no signal.
Survey the site 06 Satellite · Three.jsLive Earth
A rotating Earth built from yesterday’s satellite passes, with city lights and a moving day/night line.
Survey the site 07 Maps · PrintMap Prints
Draw a box on any lake or mountain and pull a 1000 DPI poster out of it.
Survey the site 08 History · MapsNavigate the Past
Every USGS topographic map ever printed of the ground under your feet, stacked by year. Also an iPhone app.
Survey the site 09 Data Visualization · MapsNever Far
Nowhere in the Athens Unit of Wayne National Forest can you stand more than 0.86 miles from a road. The Adirondack map, run again on the Ohio hills.
Survey the site 10 Data Visualization · DemographicsNiagara Falls by the Decades
A century of the city’s demographic history, rendered as an interactive stacked area chart. Population as terrain.
Survey the site 11 Adirondacks · Data Visualization · MapsOff the Grid
Find the most remote corners of the Adirondacks — the spots furthest from any road or trail. Pick what counts as access, hover anywhere for the remoteness there, search for a place, or click the map to see what’s nearby.
Survey the site 12 Adirondacks · Three.jsOverlook
All 82 Adirondack units orbiting in 3D over satellite imagery. Pick a wilderness and fly it.
Survey the site 13 Adirondacks · MapsThe Biggest Blank Spots
The longest straight line you can draw across the Adirondacks without crossing a road or a railroad. It runs 38.4 miles.
Survey the site 14 Adirondacks · Night SkyThe Darkest Sky
Where the night is actually dark. Little Salmon Lake has the blackest sky in the Park; a prison yard has the brightest.
Survey the site 15 Great Lakes · Live DataThe Erie Seiche
Lake Erie sloshing in real time, built from 14 water-level gauges on both sides of the border.
Survey the site 16 Great Lakes · MapsThe Floor of the Great Lakes
All five lake bottoms on one map, drained of water, at 3 arc-second resolution.
Survey the site 17 Data Visualization · EnergyThe True Cost of Electricity
What electricity costs when nothing rides free
Survey the site 18 Algonquin · Data Visualization · MapsThe Working Wilderness
Algonquin Provincial Park is bigger than Prince Edward Island, and the deepest you can stand from a road inside it is 8.26 km. Take the logging roads away and it would be 27.
Survey the site 19 Exam Prep · LicensingUncommon Prep
Modern, interactive prep for the licensing exams the big prep companies ignore. Live now: the New York wildlife rehabilitator exam, the falconry examination, and the licensed guide examinations.
Survey the site 20 Maps · SafetyWhere Am I?
Sometimes you just need to know where you are—get your exact latitude and longitude instantly, privately, and even offline.
Survey the site 21 Data Visualization · DemographicsBuffalo by the Decades
A century of the city’s demographic history, rendered as an interactive stacked area chart. Population as terrain.
Survey the site 22 Civic Data · Three.jsBPS Budget in 3D
Buffalo Public Schools staffing data as an explorable 3D landscape. Every high school, every FTE, one map.
Survey the site 23 Energy · Live DataNY Grid Fuel Mix
Real-time and historical views of New York’s electricity mix — including the ~90% of solar the standard data doesn’t see.
Survey the site 24 Place-Based LearningScajaquada Creek Environmental Science Lab
A Buffalo waterway turned living classroom. Founded at McKinley High School; the field work continues.
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Latest entries from the blog
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The observer
I've been teaching in Buffalo Public Schools since 2017 — six years in special education, three in general science, and science all the way through — much of it building environmental science programs, field experiences, and classroom technology at McKinley High School. This fall I'm joining City Honors School's STARS program as a science special education teacher, working with students with autism.
Off the clock I'm a self-described history nerd and data nerd — the kind of person who turns a census table into terrain and reads weather model output for fun. If a story about Buffalo, energy, or ecology can be made visible, I'll probably try to build it.
When the laptop closes: sailing Lake Erie, fishing the Upper Niagara, and slowly carving a camp out of the Adirondack woods.
Station Specs
PositionScience Special Ed · City Honors
CertificationsChemistry · General Science · SWD · Aeronautics · Drone Technology, all 7–12
FellowshipNYS Master Teacher
In ProgressEdD, Curriculum & Instruction
FoundedScajaquada Creek Env. Science Lab
Coordinates42.886° N, 78.878° W
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