Teachers Summer: MIST Workshop at U. Illinois, July 28-30
The MIST Teacher Workshop, July 28-30, 2010, introduces high school teachers to the structure and teaching strategies used in the Merit Program at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The main goal is to help teachers feel confident in implementing this new method in their own classrooms and to introduce you to other teachers in your subject area to create a community of support. The majority of the workshop time will be devoted to experiencing the Merit teaching style and giving teachers the opportunity to develop materials they can take back to their own institutions. Stipend: $200, housing, food, and travel allowance. No new information provided for 2011.
Filed under: K-12 Outreach Programs | Comments Off on Teachers Summer: MIST Workshop at U. Illinois, July 28-30
Tags: Biology, Chemistry, Math teachers, Programs for Teachers, Summer Programs (Teachers)
In this lesson, students investigate the growing concerns over automobile fuel sources. Using background information from PBS’s NewsHour Report, students engage in an activity of selling and buying an environmentally friendly car. They work together to consider what it means for a car to be “green”; which current vehicles are considered green, and why; and how automobile sellers might use information about environmental impact to sell their cars.
Science teacher Paul McElligott and his students regularly compete for scholarship money and prizes. Here are some examples. 
