Science Department

Shawn Carlson

Mr. Carlson is originally from Connecticut and spent summers on Southport Island as a child. He currently lives in Wiscasset with his family and enjoys hiking, climbing, reading, and baseball. Mr. Carlson earned his masters degree in chemistry from the Univ. of California, Berkeley. He obtained his BS in Forestry and Chemistry from The Univ. of Maine, Orono.

Mrs. Hersom was raised in Gouldsboro, Maine and received her B.S. degree in Physical Education, Health and Recreation at UMPI with endorsements in Life Science and Special Education. (USM, UMFK) She just received her Master's Degree in education from UMO in May of 2002. She enjoys cooking, athletics and gardening and her travels have taken her to the Bahamas, Nebraska, South Carolina, Florida and Pennsylvania.

Mrs. Hersom teaches freshman Earth Systems Science and Applied Biology, Theoretical Biology, Advanced Biology, and Anatomy and Physiology. Special projects which are included in her curriculum are garden development at BRHS, Tree identification through Boothbay Region Land Trust, and Student-Scientist Work Studies through Bigelow Lab. Mrs. Hersom uses Prentice Hall Texts including Biology, by Neal Campbell, Fundamental of Anatomy and Physiology, by Fredrick Martini, and Biology, by Miller and Levine. Local Common Assessment Team 2004, and State Maine Learning Results Revision Team 2005.

Mr. Dingle lives in Topsham, Maine and received his B.A. degree at UNH and his M.S. degree at USM. In his spare time Mr. Dingle enjoys camping and fishing.

Mr. Dingle teaches Applied Chemistry, Theoretical Chemisty and Electronics. His students enjoy doing many hands on experiments and watching him blow things up!