Project Number: 6202-32000-015-10
Project Type: Grant

Start Date: Sep 13, 2002
End Date: Sep 12, 2006

Objective:
Engage local science teachers in summer agricultural research fellowships, a summer science institute, improving their research skills, content knowledge, ability to apply science concepts and knowledge of scientific careers in agriculture; enable teachers to reform their local science programs through the establishment of ongoing collaborative partnerships between local schools and the USDA-ARS laboratories; and prepare teacher interns to provide inservice training to their peer teachers.

Approach:
Improve the content backgrounds of the teachers, guiding their development of thematic agriscience units, and train them to implement experience-based learning activities in their classrooms. Strong emphasis will be placed on helping teachers to develop leadership skills. Each teacher will plan inservice training for his/her department and design methods to implement change in science classrooms using agricultural science as a basis.

Project Team

Onstad, Charles - Chuck Robert James - Laboratory Director 979-260-9346

Project Annual Reports

FY 2003

Related National Programs

Food Safety, (animal and plant products) (108)