Chemistry Outreach to Secondary Schools with a Mobile Chemistry Laboratory

化学部将支持弗吉尼亚理工大学开展一项为期一年的教师强化/课程开发项目，供其流动化学实验室使用，这是一个州立和私人资助的、设备齐全的24站拖拉机拖车设备，每年将对弗吉尼亚州西南部山区农村的20个学区进行10次访问。该项目将使目标地区的教师准备好开发和实施基于探究(即基于实验室)的现代化学计划，以此作为提高学生表现、科学素养和对化学在社会中所起作用的欣赏的一种手段。该项目的规划和执行涉及目标学校和弗吉尼亚理工大学的教师和管理人员的参与。已经从在该国其他地区指导过类似项目的个人那里获得了意见，同时还获得了Camille和Henry Dreyfus基金会为MCL提供装备的资金，以及艾森豪威尔计划为预备培训讲习班提供的资金。

The Chemistry Division will support Virginia Tech to conduct a one year teacher enhancement/curriculum development project for use with its mobile chemistry laboratory, a state and privately funded, fully instrumented, 24 station, tractor-trailer rig that will make 10 visits annually to each of 20 school districts in rural, mountainous Southwestern Virginia.This project will prepare teachers in the target region to develop and implement an inquiry-based (i.e. laboratory based), modern chemistry program as a means of improving student performance, scientific literacy and appreciation of the role chemistry plays in society. Planning and execution of the project involves participation of teachers and administrators in the target schools as well as from Virginia Tech. Comments from individuals who have directed similar projects in other regions of the country have been obtained along with concurrent funding from the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation for equipping the MCL and from the Eisenhower Program for preparatory training workshops.