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LeBlanc, Cheryl – Tech Directions, 2011
A robotics team from Muncie, Indiana--the PhyXTGears--is made up of high school students from throughout Delaware County. The group formed as part of the FIRST Robotics program (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology), an international program founded by inventor Dean Kamen in which students work with professional engineers and…
Descriptors: Mentors, Robotics, High School Students, Science Activities
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McCarthy, Deborah; Bellina, Joseph J., Jr. – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2003
In 1988 Saint Mary's College received a grant from Lilly Endowment, Inc. to create a program to improve the quality of science education in the local public and private schools. As part of applying that grant we created one-week summer work-shops for elementary and middle school teachers (K-8) based on guided inquiry methods of education. Each…
Descriptors: Summer Science Programs, Teacher Workshops, Institutes (Training Programs), Elementary School Teachers