Summer at WSU - Engineering Experiences for Teachers

该奖项为3年的持续奖励提供资金，以支持华盛顿州立大学（WSU）工程现场项目中的教师研究经验（RET），该项目名为“WSU教师工程经验暑期”，由Richard Zollars博士指导。该计划是对成功的RET研究中心的更新。共有36名在职和职前初中和高中教师（每年12名，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系的研究实验室工作。该网站的活动将集中在生物工程领域，并将有助于在工程活动的K-12教育系统中最迅速增长的领域之一整合研究。该网站计划将对目前在工程领域代表性不足的群体产生更广泛的影响。 通过教师团队，导师对学校的访问和/或使用在此计划期间开发的材料，在此计划期间建立的长期关系将确保RET计划将在参与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.