Larry Weber Larry Weber has been a science teacher for 35 years. He has taught students from seventh grade up to graduate school. His awards include the Minnesota Secondary Science Teacher of the Year in 1993 and the National Biology Teacher Association's Middle School Life Science Teacher of the Year for 1998. Larry presents a weekly phenology column for a local newspaper and is a regular contributer to the Minnesota Conservation Volunteer. He lives with his wife on an old farm in Carlton County, Minnesota where he watches, photographs and writes about critters. Larry's books: