Secondary Science Teachers' Institute

位于西弗吉尼亚州格林班克的国家射电天文台的科学家和技术专业人员以及位于摩根敦的西弗吉尼亚州大学的科学教育工作者正在联合提议为150名选定的高中教师建立一个中学科学教师学院。夏季学院（第一年为期两周，随后几年为期两周，为期三周）将包括基础天文学讲座和示范，为教师提供他们可以在课堂上使用的资源，包括使用一个40英尺的仪器望远镜，参与者可以在那里进行自己的观察。在这个项目的三年里，系统将实现自动化，使教室和望远镜之间的电子通信能够在教室里进行观测。该项目的总体目标是使课堂教师与研究科学家直接接触，以培养对科学如何进行的更大的欣赏，并在未知的边界上瞥见知识的获取。

Scientist and technical professionals of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory in Green Bank, West Virginia and science educators from West Virginia University in Morgantown are jointly proposing a Secondary Science Teachers' Institute for 150 selected high school teachers. The summer institute (a two week session the first year and two three weeks in subsequent years) will include lectures in basic astronomy and demonstrations to give teachers resources they can use in their classrooms, including the use of an instrumented 40-foot telescope where participants can make observations of their own. Over the three years of the project the system will be automated to the extent that electronic communication between the classroom and the telescope will permit observations to be made from the classroom. The overall goal of the project is to bring classroom teachers into direct contact with research scientists in order to foster a greater appreciation as to how science is conducted and glimpse the acquisition of knowledge at its boundary with the unknown.