Idaho Teachers Excited About Cruising the Heavens (I TEACH)

爱达荷州的老师们对克鲁斯的天堂感到兴奋（I TEACH）是一个为期三年的项目，它将帮助教育工作者开发和展示一个令人兴奋的实践天文学单元。六个教育团队——由三名教师和一名行政人员组成——将从爱达荷州的六个地区选出。这些团队将在爱达荷州博伊西的探索中心（DCI）进行为期两周的暑期培训。该中心的目标是通过互动的方式学习基础科学和应用科学，丰富和补充正规教育。在DCI期间，参与者将学习通过动手活动、便携式天文馆和美洲原住民、希腊、罗马和古欧洲的天空神话来教授基本的天文学。这些团队将带着一个月的便携式天文馆回到他们的家乡，并要求他们在教室里使用它，并为其他教师和社区成员做报告。在项目的第一年和第二年，与7 - 9年级学生一起工作的团队成员将成为选择的目标。I TEACH将开放给在三年级与四至六年级学生一起工作的参与者。从第二年开始，将从前一年的I TEACH参与者中选出六名区域协调员，在为期两周的暑期学院期间协助团队进行单元开发。区域协调员还将为I TEACH项目的毕业生提供技术支持，帮助他们在自己所在地区进行天文继续教育实践研讨会的团队教学。首席研究员是吉尔福德博士。Lorette Williams女士是DCI的执行董事，担任与爱达荷州其他机构的联络人。费用分摊相当于国家科学基金会奖金的18%。

Idaho Teachers Excited About Cruisin' The Heavens (I TEACH) is a three year project which will prepare educators to develop and present an exciting hands-on astronomy unit. Six educators teams - consisting of three teachers and one administrator - will be selected from six regions throughout Idaho. These teams will gather for a two-week summer institute in Boise at The Discovery Center of Idaho (DCI). The center's goal is to enrich and supplement formal education through an interactive approach to learning basic and applied science. While at DCI, participants will learn to teach basic astronomy using hands-on activities, a portable planetarium and Native American, Greek, Roman, and Old European sky myths. The teams will return to their home district with one- month's use of a portable planetarium and the requirement that they use it in their classrooms and give presentations for fellow teachers and community members. During years one and two of the project, team members working with 7th - 9th graders will be targeted for selection. I TEACH will be opened to participants working with 4th - 6th graders in year three. Beginning in year two, six regional facilitators will be selected from the previous year's I TEACH participants to assist teams with unit development during the two-week summer institute. Regional facilitators will also provide technical support for I TEACH graduates as they team-teach a hands-on astronomy continuing education workshop in their home region. The Principal Investigator is Dr. Gilford. Ms. Lorette Williams Executive Director of DCI is Co-PI serving as liaison with other institutions in Idaho. Cost sharing equals 18% of the NSF award.