Chemistry Outreach to Secondary Schools with a Mobile Chemistry Laboratory

化学部将支持弗吉尼亚理工大学进行为期一年的教师增强/课程开发项目，用于其移动的化学实验室，一个国家和私人资助的，仪器齐全，24站，拖拉机拖车钻机，将每年10次访问20个学区在农村，该项目将帮助目标地区的教师制定和实施一项基于调查的（即实验室为基础），现代化学课程作为提高学生成绩，科学素养和化学在社会中发挥作用的一种手段。该项目的规划和执行涉及目标学校的教师和管理人员以及弗吉尼亚理工大学的参与。在卡米尔和亨利德雷福斯基金会为装备MCL提供资金的同时，还从艾森豪威尔计划为预备培训讲习班提供资金的同时，沿着了在该国其他地区指导过类似项目的个人的意见。

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.