Nanoscience Professional Development Program for Teachers

Sponsored by National Center for Learning & Teaching
in Nanoscale Science & Engineering (NCLT)
June 16 - 27, 2008 Application Deadline Extended to May 15, 2008.
Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 60439

This program seeks to develop lead teachers at grades 7-12 in the emerging area of nanoscale science. The year-long program will engage teachers in sustained and content-rich professional development as it offers science teachers opportunities to learn and teach through inquiry and best practice. Through scientist seminars and facility tours, teachers experience firsthand the nature and diversity of nanoscience. Teachers review existing activities, approaches, simulations that have been developed by NCLT and partner with the Center to extend the content pool to make science and technology more exciting and relevant to students.

Participant stipend: $1000

Academic Year Follow-up: attending one 1.5 day meeting - $300 each.

Argonne's New Center for Nanoscale Materials		Center For Nanoscale Materials: Cleanroom, Instruments, and Tools
	The Nanoscale 1nm-100nm		The Scale of Things: Nanometers and More
“There is plenty of room at the bottom” - Richard Feynman, 1960		Nature and Technology Nanoscale

Application Process:
To be eligible for the NCLT program you must meet the following requirements

U.S. citizen or permanent resident
Bachelors degree in education with an emphasis in physical or biological sciences, materials science, engineering or mathematics
Employed full-time as high school, middle school, or college teacher
MUST to participate in curriculum development for your classes and NCLT

For national information and application form, go to http://www.nclt.us/pd_activities.htm

For additional questions contact Lou Harnisch by phone at 630-252-6925 or email at lharnisch@dep.anl.gov