With the “Teaching Inquiry through Environmental Investigations” model, middle and high school educators at Toms River Schools will learn to integrate inquiry-based learning into their classrooms more effectively using environmental issues.The study will ... more »
Showing results for Grades: Grades 9-12
Brian Vernachio
Toms River High School North, Toms River, NJ
Grades 9-12, Science
2010, Summer
Kathleen Miller
West Vigo High School, Terre Haute, IN
Grades 9-12, Computers / Technology
2010, Summer
From Indiana cornfields
to Alaskan wilderness: Students capture history
in digital jukebox
Students
from West Vigo High School in rural Terre Haute, Indiana found themselves a long
way from home last summer. Nine high-achieving students took a giant leap from
their ... more »
Coit Hendley
Eleanor Roosevelt High School, Greenbelt, MD
Grades 9-12, Science
2010, Summer
Students in the “Watershed Integrated Study Program (WISP)” at Eleanor Roosevelt High School will improve their ability to conduct scientific research by studying organic pollutants in local streams in Prince George’s County. This group of ... more »
Angela Holbrook
TERRA Environmental Research Institute, Miami, FL
Grades 9-12, Computers / Technology
2010, Summer
Mrs. Holbrook and Mrs. Cabrera will develop a pioneering educational program with the main goals of improving the academic performance of students with special needs and increasing the environmental sustainability of schools in urban settings. Through the ... more »
Robin Bell
Crystal River High School, Crystal River, FL
Grades 9-12, Science
2010, Summer
To address the fact that the school and local community do not recycle plastic, students will conduct research and produce a commercial to help bring about awareness and support for the school’s recycling endeavor. The commercial will then be aired to ... more »
Katherine Williams
Middle College High School, San Pablo, CA
Grades 9-12, Science
2010, Summer
Middle College High School will celebrate the school-wide theme of “Water Conservation and Preservation.” As a member of a national consortium of water conserving high schools across the United States, Middle College High School will share with ... more »
Shawn Daley
Gresham High School, Gresham, OR
Grades 9-12, Social Studies
2010, Winter
Mr. Daley and Ms. Levin will lead a professional learning community in Gresham High School. The group will focus on the effect global crises have on populations worldwide. Educators across subject areas will meet to discuss ways to incorporate geography into ... more »
Shirley Terrinoni
Hannibal High School, Hannibal, NY
Grades 9-12, Social Studies
2010, Winter
Ms. Terrinoni will attend the Jazz at Lincoln Center Band Director Academy in June 2010 in New York. The program will provide innovative instructional ideas to better prepare students and assure more success and fulfillment through their study of jazz and ... more »
Adina Alexandru
Glastonbury High School, Glastonbury, CT
Grades 9-12, Computers / Technology
2010, Winter
Ms. Alexandru will conduct multiple sessions with foreign language teachers in order to support teacher professional development in the six languages offered in the district in grades 1-12. The sessions will focus on curriculum development and refinement, ... more »
Joel Barthel
St. Francis School District, St. Francis, WI
Grades 9-12, Science
2010, Winter
Science students at St. Francis High School will use data collection sensors to study the rainwater, runoff, and water drainage of Lake Michigan. Students will work in teams of four to collect common data, and each team will be assigned a unique data ... more »
Karen Dolan
Liberty High School, Bethlehem, PA
Grades 9-12, Science
2010, Winter
Claudia Andres
Wilson High School, Wilson, NY
Grades 9-12, Social Studies
2010, Winter
The "Rhythm of the Soul" project will provide non-traditional music students with the opportunity to create improvisational music on various percussion instruments in an open atmosphere. Incorporated into the music curriculum (band, chorus, general music ... more »
Maria Krajewski
High School for Enterpirse, Business, and Technology, Brooklyn, NY
Grades 9-12, Science
2010, Winter
Ms. Krajewski and Mr. Heegle seek to improve student achievement by increasing student awareness of mankind's impact on local and global environments. Students will better understand their responsibility to preserve the environment through research and the ... more »
Andrew James
LPS Science Focus Program, Lincoln, NE
Grades 9-12, Science
2010, Winter
Physics students will design and build an “energy bike” that transforms mechanical energy (pedal power) to electrical energy. The bike will be available at the Science Focus Program Science Day, an educational outreach to 4th and 5th grade ... more »
Scott Satterly
The Frederick V. Pankow Center, Clinton Township, MI
Grades 9-12, Science
2010, Winter
In the “Farm to Table” cross-curricular project, students will hydroponically grow fresh produce for the school cafeteria using environmentally sound techniques. Students will experience, first hand, the process of identifying a real world problem, ... more »
Dan Moriarty
Whitman-Hanson Regional High School, Whitman, MA
Grades 9-12, Science
2010, Winter
Mr. Moriarty and Mr. Stephansky will sponsor an environmental awareness contest between each building in their district. Educators and students will be challenged to reduce electricity consumption, waste production, and the water use over the year. ... more »
Donetta Sisler
Northern Garrett High School, Accident, MD
Grades 9-12, Computers / Technology
2010, Winter
Northern Garrett’s CTE (Career and Technology Education) Alternative Energy Team will install LED (light emitting diode) lighting in one classroom and develop a shop that will serve as a model for all career and technology education students to observe and ... more »