Chemistry Outreach to Secondary Schools with a Mobile Chemistry Laboratory

化学部门将支持弗吉尼亚理工大学开展一项为期一年的教师提升/课程开发项目，用于其移动化学实验室。该实验室是由州政府和私人资助的，设备齐全，有24个站点，拖拉机拖车钻机，每年将对弗吉尼亚西南部农村山区的20个学区进行10次访问。该项目将帮助目标地区的教师开发和实施以探究为基础（即以实验室为基础）的现代化学课程，以提高学生的表现、科学素养和对化学在社会中所扮演角色的认识。项目的规划和执行需要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。在该国其他地区指导过类似项目的个人的意见，以及卡米尔和亨利·德雷福斯基金会为MCL提供装备和艾森豪威尔计划为预备培训讲习班提供的同时资助。

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.