GETTING TO KNOW... Jim Milross

If you think ‘cool’ is a phenomenon only observed outside of the science classroom, you haven’t met Fraser Heights Secondary School's backpacking, cartwheeling, motorcycle riding Jim Milross...

Jim will be making Earthscience and Geology come alive at this year’s BC Science Institute. His session is jam-packed with demonstrations and ideas to engage and motivate your students. Jim’s novel approach to the Earthsciences will inspire novice and veteran teachers alike.

Get to know Jim Milross...


Where do you teach?
Fraser Heights Secondary in Surrey.

How long have you been teaching?
Seems like forever, but is closer to 20 years.

Why did you become a teacher?
Court mandated community hours.

What do you like best about teaching?
The look in a student’s eye when you see that they ‘get it’.

What do you dislike?
I dislike administrivia.

Tell us about a funny thing that happened in class...
I was joking with some kids, and they learned.

Why Science?
Why not science?

How did you spend the summer?
Bought a house in Vegas, and got my motorcycle license. Seriously.

Are you involved in Science outside of the classroom?
I have co-written several science texts (as well as some secret science
experiments best not mentioned),

What would be if you weren’t a teacher?
If I wasn't a science teacher, I would be an actor. Seriously.

Have you ever bungee-jumped?
No (I wish to keep my retinas attached) but I have cart wheeled onto a water bed!

What do you do when you’re not teaching science?
Sports, mostly, and chasing unicorns.

Who would play you in the movie of your life?
A young Jeff Goldblum.