Teachers' Earth Science Institute

这个不寻常的为期五年的教师学生研究体验发展（TSD）项目将现实生活中的矿工、研究科学家和教师聚集在一个正在工作的矿井和不活跃的矿井中，参与采矿活动和相关的围绕矿物的实验室研究活动。在第一年，来自密歇根州上半岛的24名教师将参加为期六周的课程，包括：内容和技能准备；与科学家和工程师合作，在工作和不工作的矿井中收集标本并对其进行分类；并且，磨练领导能力和变革推动者技能，以加强将研究/高科技采矿经验转移回课堂。为期六周的夏季研究和实地经验，辅以为期12个月的专业发展活动。在第二年和第三年，参与者将包括来自邻近州的教师：WI， MN, In， OH和IL.每年将有24名额外的初中和高中教师参加。在第4年和第5年，教师将来自全国，重点是那些有广泛采矿活动的地区。教师可以从MTU获得五(5)个研究生学分。

99-11894OTUONYEThis unusual five-year Teacher Student Development through Research Experience (TSD) project brings together real life miners, research scientists, and teachers in a working mine and inactive mines to participate in mining activities and the associated laboratory research activities surrounding minerals. In year-one, 24 teachers from the Upper Peninsula of MI will participate in a six-week program that includes: content and skills preparation; working with scientists and engineers, in working and inactive mines, collecting specimens and cataloging them; and, hone leadership and change agent skills to enhance the transfer of the research/high tech mining experience back to the classroom. The six-week summer research and field experiences are complemented by professional development activities over a 12-month period. In years two and three the participant pool will include teachers from neighboring states: WI, MN, IN, OH, and IL. Each year 24 additional middle and high school teachers will participate. In years four and five teachers will come from a national pool focusing on those regions that have extensive mining activities. Teachers may earn five (5) graduate credits from MTU.