Physics, Chemistry, and the Environment: A Hands-On Workshop for Elementary School Teachers

塔尔萨大学（University of Tulsa）提出了一个为期五周的暑期工作坊，名为“物理、化学和环境：小学教师的实践工作坊”，由25名来自农村和天才教室的小学教师参加，为期三年，每年夏天重复进行一次。讲习班将挑选那些在科学方面不一定准备充分的教师，尽管因为他们教的要么是有天赋的孩子，要么是在农村的教室里，他们是熟练的教师，习惯于通过与不同能力和年级水平的学生合作，使课程个性化。讲习班将通过介绍在地圈/生物圈中表现出来的概念来加强教师的基础物理和化学知识。它还将提高教师与孩子们一起动手实验的能力，增强他们对科学的享受和教学的信心。工作坊有几个组成部分，即(1)关于基本物理和化学原理的活动/讨论环节；(2)在老师的指导下与孩子们进行动手实验的实习；(3)嘉宾演讲和实地考察；(4)讨论课堂实施问题；(5)准备实施计划和初始教学单元。为了最大限度地发挥课堂影响，研讨会将纳入管理人员的参与，为每位教师提供设备，让他们带回自己的家庭教室，由当地学校资助，并制定有力的后续沟通、咨询和支持计划。塔尔萨大学和合作学区分担的费用相当于国家科学基金要求的26%。

The University of Tulsa proposes a five-week summer workshop, Physics, Chemistry, and Environment: A Hands-On Workshop for Elementary School Teachers, for 25 elementary teachers from rural and gifted/talented classrooms to be repeated each summer for three years. The workshop will select teachers who are not necessarily well-prepared in science although, because they are teaching either gifted and talented children or in a rural classroom, they are skillful teachers accustomed to individualizing the curriculum through working with students of varying abilities and grade levels. The Workshop will strengthen teachers' knowledge of basic physics and chemistry by presenting concepts as they are manifested in the Geosphere/Biosphere. It will also promote teachers' ability to do hands-on experiments with children, and enhance their enjoyment of science and confidence in teaching it. The workshop has several components, namely, (1) activity/discussion sessions on basic physics and chemistry principles, (2) a practicum involving hands-on experiments done with children under the supervision of a master teacher, (3) guest presenters and field trips, (4) discussion of classroom implementation problems and (5) preparation of an implmentation plan and initial teaching units. To maximize the opportunities for classroom impact, the workshop will incorporate participation by administrators, provide equipment for each teacher to take back to his or her home classroom, funded by the local schools, and a vigorous follow-up program of communication, consultation and support. Cost-sharing by the University of Tulsa as well as the cooperating school districts is equal to 26% of the NSF request.