Kathleen Poe, a science teacher at
Duncan Fletcher Middle School, has been selected to participate in the Science center for Teaching, Outreach, and Research on Meteorology (the STORM Project) at the University of Northern Iowa (UNI).
Poe will join other middle and high school teachers from around the country for this intensive, one-week Studies in Air Quality for Science Educators course being offered June 20-25, 2010.
Participants will learn about conceptual models and computer-based tools used to study and forecast air quality. The primary goal of the course is the development by participants of classroom activities in air quality.
STORM seeks to produce a set of activities for national distribution. Participants who develop exceptional activities may have the opportunity to work with STORM in the following academic year to refine the set of materials developed in the summer course.
Poe will receive free tuition, on-campus housing, meals, course materials, a $1,000 stipend and two graduate credits from UNI, all provided by STORM. Travel support based on round-trip mileage will also be provided.
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