Secondary Science Teachers' Institute

西弗吉尼亚州绿岸国家射电天文台的科学家和技术专业人员与摩根敦西弗吉尼亚大学的科学教育工作者共同提议为150名精选的高中教师设立中学科学师范学院。暑期学院(第一年为期两周，第二年为期两个三周)将包括基础天文学讲座和演示，为教师提供可以在课堂上使用的资源，包括使用一台40英尺长的仪器望远镜，参与者可以在那里进行自己的观测。在该项目的三年期间，该系统将实现自动化，以使教室和望远镜之间的电子通信能够在教室内进行观察。该项目的总体目标是让课堂教师与研究科学家直接接触，以便更好地了解科学是如何进行的，并一瞥在未知的边界上获得知识的情况。

Scientist and technical professionals of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory in Green Bank, West Virginia and science educators from West Virginia University in Morgantown are jointly proposing a Secondary Science Teachers' Institute for 150 selected high school teachers. The summer institute (a two week session the first year and two three weeks in subsequent years) will include lectures in basic astronomy and demonstrations to give teachers resources they can use in their classrooms, including the use of an instrumented 40-foot telescope where participants can make observations of their own. Over the three years of the project the system will be automated to the extent that electronic communication between the classroom and the telescope will permit observations to be made from the classroom. The overall goal of the project is to bring classroom teachers into direct contact with research scientists in order to foster a greater appreciation as to how science is conducted and glimpse the acquisition of knowledge at its boundary with the unknown.