About
We promote quality science and engineering education by providing affordable services to students, parents, and teachers, supplementing and enhancing existing curricula and programs.
We offer science fairs and labs that give younger children the experience — and delight — of making things happen first-hand. Our science classes give older students experience with rigorous experiments that prepare them to succeed in further studies.
Our Board Members
Elyse Turner
Elyse Turner has been a Guest Teacher at elementary, middle and high schools in lower Bucks and Montgomery Counties in all academic and special subjects, since October 2017, when she retired from 30 years of patent searching at Merck & Co. During the pandemic, she earned her Instructional I certification in 7-12 Biology, expanding to include Chemistry, and completing a Masters at Drexel University.
Involved in judging and science education since the 1990’s, this year she has joined the board organizing the Greater Philadelphia Homeschool Science Fair while continuing to judge for Delaware Valley Science Fair and regional science fairs in Bucks, Lehigh and Montgomery Counties. Currently a Merit Badge Counselor, she served as a Boy Scout troop leader for 10 years while her son earned his Eagle Scout Award.
She was elected to the Pennsylvania Science Teacher Association (PSTA) Board in 2023 where she serves on the Membership Committee, the Annual Conference Committee and works on the website. For the National Science Teaching Association (NSTA), she reviewed proposals for sessions as well as attended the conference in Philadelphia.
From 1988-2018, Elyse was an organizer for the Patent Information Users Group (PIUG), a professional organization of patent searchers. She held committee and officer positions, was the chair for their regional conference in NJ and for annual conferences in Baltimore and Chicago. She started and developed the program for a new conference focused on Biotechnology in Boston held annually from 2007-2020.
Audrey B. Johnson
Audrey Johnson is a homeschool evaluator, listed with Pennsylvania Homeschoolers Accreditation Agency, Mason Dixon Homeschoolers Association, and Erie County Home Schoolers Association, for elementary, secondary, and special needs students.
In 2022 & 2023 , she was one of the featured speakers for the Pennsylvania Homeschool Accreditation Agency's High School at Home virtual conference.
“How to Start Homeschooling”, an online course, was launched in August 2022.
In 2024, she was nominated to serve on the board of the Pennsylvania Homeschoolers Accreditation Agency, which exists to provide diplomas to graduates of Pennsylvania home education programs.
Robert Styer, PhD
Robert Styer is a professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Villanova University for over 40 years. As an undergraduate, he double-majored in mathematics and physics; he mostly teaches standard math courses but has taught some physics and computer science courses at Villanova. Most importantly, he is the father of eight children, all of whom have participated in GPHSF. His oldest daughter won at the regional fair and presented at ISEF twice. Dr. Styer has helped judge in numerous science fairs in the area.
Suzanne Shera
Suzanne Shera has degrees in Physics (U.C. Irvine) and M.S. in Optical Engineering (Tufts University). She worked as a research assistant at M.I.T. Lincoln Labs and Radiation Monitoring Devices for 9 years. After the birth of her first child, she switched to Part time teaching.
She homeschooled her two children for the most part, and continued to run science classes at her home as well as various Homeschool Co-ops. She substituted at Delaware County Christian school and conducted STEM weeks in Astronomy. She participated in the Greater Philadelphia Homeschool Science Fair as a judge where her children competed various times.
Suzanne also authored three articles for CHAP (Christian Homeschool Association of PA) magazine, two educational books Lightlab (2017) and the Light Module (for Christian Service Brigades (2025). She continues to expand her educational resources on light and writes blogs about Science and the Christian Faith.
David Shera
Kelly Wong
Kelly Wong taught art classes and homeschooled her 5 children for 16 years. For the last 5 years, she has been teaching full time at St. Mark’s Classical Academy where she gets to continue her passion for hands-on projects integrating art, history, literature, and geography.
Kelly chose to study Architecture at Penn State University because she loved both art and math as a child and couldn't decide between them. Now she uses her design skills as the Costume Designer for various theater groups and to construct every crazy costume her children can think up. She married an architect so they can continue their design critiques everywhere they go together.
What Kelly loves most about the science fair is giving homeschooling families a chance to grow in confidence in the scientific process and connecting them to other homeschoolers who are on the same journey.