Idaho Teachers Excited About Cruising the Heavens (I TEACH)

爱达荷州教师对巡游天堂的兴奋(我教)是一个为期三年的项目，将为教育工作者开发和展示一个令人兴奋的动手天文学单元做准备。六个教育工作者团队将从爱达荷州的六个地区中选出，其中包括三名教师和一名管理员。这些团队将聚集在爱达荷州探索中心(DCI)博伊西的一个为期两周的夏季学院。该中心的目标是通过学习基础科学和应用科学的互动方法来丰富和补充正规教育。在DCI期间，参与者将学习使用动手活动、便携式天文馆和美洲原住民、希腊、罗马和古欧洲的天空神话来教授基本的天文学。这些团队将返回他们的家乡，使用一个月的便携式天文馆，并要求他们在教室里使用它，并为其他教师和社区成员做演讲。在项目的第一年和第二年，与7-9年级学生一起工作的团队成员将被选为目标。我将在三年级与4-6年级的学生一起工作。从第二年开始，将从上一年的我教学员中挑选六名区域协调员，在为期两周的暑期培训期间协助团队发展单元。地区辅导员还将为我教毕业生提供技术支持，因为他们在自己的家乡地区团队教授实践天文学继续教育研讨会。首席调查员是吉尔福德博士。DCI执行主任Lorette Williams女士担任爱达荷州其他机构的联络人。费用分摊相当于NSF奖励的18%。

Idaho Teachers Excited About Cruisin' The Heavens (I TEACH) is a three year project which will prepare educators to develop and present an exciting hands-on astronomy unit. Six educators teams - consisting of three teachers and one administrator - will be selected from six regions throughout Idaho. These teams will gather for a two-week summer institute in Boise at The Discovery Center of Idaho (DCI). The center's goal is to enrich and supplement formal education through an interactive approach to learning basic and applied science. While at DCI, participants will learn to teach basic astronomy using hands-on activities, a portable planetarium and Native American, Greek, Roman, and Old European sky myths. The teams will return to their home district with one- month's use of a portable planetarium and the requirement that they use it in their classrooms and give presentations for fellow teachers and community members. During years one and two of the project, team members working with 7th - 9th graders will be targeted for selection. I TEACH will be opened to participants working with 4th - 6th graders in year three. Beginning in year two, six regional facilitators will be selected from the previous year's I TEACH participants to assist teams with unit development during the two-week summer institute. Regional facilitators will also provide technical support for I TEACH graduates as they team-teach a hands-on astronomy continuing education workshop in their home region. The Principal Investigator is Dr. Gilford. Ms. Lorette Williams Executive Director of DCI is Co-PI serving as liaison with other institutions in Idaho. Cost sharing equals 18% of the NSF award.