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Steven Clayton

Air Force Academy High School

About

Steve Clayton is a physics and engineering teacher at Air Force Academy High School on Chicago's south side. After graduating from Glenbard North High School in 2002 he joined the US Army as a cannon crewmember in an artillery unit. He served for two years which included tours in South Korea and Iraq. Once his time in service was complete, Steve attended Illinois State University where he received his bachelors degree in Physics Education. For the BEST program, he was assigned to the motion sensitive MRI lab where he observed and worked under Dr Klatt. The lab is working on developing and improving new techniques in motion sensitive MRI that may prove to be useful for identifying and early diagnosing of Alzheimer's disease. Steve is really looking forward to bringing his lab experience and newly developed curriculum into his high school classroom.

Steven Clayton's Curriculum:
Waves and Medical Imaging
In this unit, students will learn about the history of medical imaging and why we need it. They will explore questions such as: Why do we need medical imaging? How did we develop modern imaging? Why are there different kinds of imaging? What are we still lacking? Students will manipulate and observe water wave interactions in a ripple tank.

 

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