Summer at WSU - Engineering Experiences for Teachers

该奖项为华盛顿州立大学（WSU）工程现场教师研究经验（RET）项目提供为期3年的持续资助，该项目名为“WSU暑期教师工程经验”，由Richard Zollars博士指导。这个项目是一个成功的RET站点的更新。共有36名在职和职前初中和高中教师（每年12人，为期三年）将参加为期六周的暑期研究所，在此期间，他们将在华盛顿州立大学工程学院的研究实验室工作。现场活动将集中在生物工程领域，并将有助于将工程活动中增长最快的领域之一的研究纳入K-12教育系统。这个现场项目将对目前工程界代表性不足的群体产生更广泛的影响。通过教师团队、导师访问学校和/或使用项目期间开发的材料，在项目期间建立的长期关系将确保RET项目在参与的学区产生持久的影响。

This award provides funding for a 3 year continuing award to support a Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) in Engineering Site program at Washington State University (WSU) entitled, "Summer at WSU-Engineering Experiences for Teachers," under the direction of Dr. Richard Zollars. This program is a renewal of a successful RET Site. A total of 36 in-service and pre-service middle and high school teachers (12 per year for three years) will participate in a six-week long summer institute during which they will work in the research laboratories of engineering faculty at WSU. The site activities will be focused in the area of bioengineering and will help integrate research in one of the most rapidly increasing areas of activity in engineering into the K-12 educational system. This site program will have a broader impact on groups currently underrepresented in engineering. Long term relationships developed during this program via the teams of teachers, mentor's visits to schools, and/or the use of the materials developed during this program will insure that the RET program will have a lasting impact in the participating school districts.