About Bill Richey

Bill Richey has spent the last 37 years teaching students of all ages the joy of science! He has been chosen 40 times by the valedictorians/salutatorians of Xenia High School as their most influential teacher.

He is a firm believer in hands-on science and has presented numerous courses and workshops on the subject hands-on science locally, state-wide and at many national science teachers conventions. His most popular workshop is “Chemistry Demonstrations for All Ages”.

Bill has worked with elementary children each summer for 29 years providing students with the option to attend a week long Science is Fun! camp. This camp offered hands-on experiments and demos. Students and their parents looked forward to this camp each year.

Bill Richey received his B.S. in Biology and Chemistry in 1984, and a MEd in 1986 from Wright State University. Bill was selected as the 1998 Ohio Teacher of the Year, and was a 1999 Milken National Educator. Bill was awarded the Outstanding Alumni Award from the College of Education and Human Services, and the College of Science and Mathematics by Wright State University in 2000. He was chosen to receive the 2007 Disney American Teacher Award.

Throughout his assemblies, he teaches and demonstrates science is all around you, and that Science is Fun!

A man in a lab coat covered with buttons and badges, wearing glasses, holding a remote control and producing fire from his hand, with an excited expression.
A man dressed as a scientist wearing a lab coat covered with pins and badges, holding a remote control, and looking surprised as he points upward toward an explosion-shaped cloud of smoke or vapor.
A person dressed in a multicolored tie-dye coat covered with various pins and badges, wearing glasses, and expressing surprise or excitement, with a large blue spiky object floating above their head against a blue background.
A man wearing a colorful tie-dye jacket and glasses tossing a large, blue, geometric sculpture into the air against a plain blue background.
A science demonstration in a gymnasium with an instructor in a rainbow-colored tie-dye lab coat, conducting experiments for a group of children and parents seated on the floor and benches. Equipment on the table includes bottles, gloves, and science supplies. Audience members are attentively watching the presentation.
A man in colorful, tie-dye lab coat holding a container with dry ice, creating fog, while pointing at it with a surprised expression.
Person with gray hair wearing black glasses and a colorful tie-dye jacket with the phrase 'Science is Fun!' and a beaker illustration on the back, pointing at their head, standing against a blue background.