Welcome To Tom Dearing's Home page!!!
Your source for chemistry, education and folk music links.
I taught chemistry for 33 1/2 years the last 31 of which were spent at William Fremd High School . I retired from my position there in June of 2000. In surfing the internet , I have found a number of resources that I would like to share with visitors to this page. I have separated them into four categories: chemistry links, education links, folk music links, and miscellaneous links. I hope you will find these interesting.
I enjoy playing guitar and singing folk music. I personally prefer bluegrass and old timey music but the links provided here are much broader in scope.
Chemistry Links
- VSEPR Help Page Here is another helpful page to firm up your understanding of VSEPR. (Chime Required)
Education Links
- Edweb Homeroom What's a school day without a little time in homeroom? Check this one out!
- www.eduref.org.
The Educator's Reference Desk
Folk Music Links
- Fox Valley Folklore Society Homepage This is one of the folk societies that I belong to. Stop by the homepage or better yet come to the festival that we put on every Labor Day weekend in Geneva, IL.
- folkmusic.org There's a lot of good information for you "folkies" on this page. Enjoy!
- The Bluegrass Songbook This is a site in Japan with an huge collection of lyrics to your favorite bluegrass songs. This site is a must for the bluegrass enthusiast.
- Jones Family MusicMy wife and I have both taken music lessons from the Jones Family. They provide a great experience for folk musicians.
- Northern Illinois Bluegrass Association This is a group I’m involved with. Check this site to get the latest bluegrass news in the area.
- Fox Valley Grass
This is the band that I am currently playing with. We have a
great deal of fun producing CD's and putting on shows around the
area. Click here to learn more about the band and to hear some of
our music.
News
- USA Today Check out the news of the day at this site.
If you have any questions or comments on this home page please feel free to drop me an e-mail note at [email protected]. Thanks for visiting my home page. Updated 10/12/05.