Seminars and Workshops for Teachers and Students

Workshops for Chicago Public Schools Science Fair

Loyola University of Chicago

Through their sponsorship of the Junior Science and Humanities Symposium, three workshops are run for teachers and students. See http://www.luc.edu/depts/biology/jshs/invite.pdf and http://www.luc.edu/depts/biology/jshs.htm for more information.

Dates are: Oct. 24, 2006 “Fostering a High School Research Program” for teachers, and “How to Design Experiments and Conduct Science Research” for students, both from 5:30 – 7:00 pm.

Nov. 13, 2006 “How to Write a Research Paper” for students, 5:30 – 7:00 pm.

Northeastern Illinois University

Workshops associated with Chicago Public Schools Science Fair. www.neiu.edu/~sfc sept 16 & 23, and oct 7 of 2006.

Programs for Teachers

Northwestern University RET opportunities http://www.nsec.northwestern.edu/RET.htm (nanotech), http://www.mrsec.northwestern.edu/mrsec/education/edu_ret.htm (materials science)

Quarknet at Fermilab - http://quarknet.fnal.gov/

Programs for Students

CURE Program at the Northwestern University School of Medicine, Cancer Center http://www.cancer.northwestern.edu/Education/Training.cfm#CURE

Research and Engineering Apprenticeship Program (REAP) at Loyola University www.aas-world.org

Quarknet at Fermilab - http://quarknet.fnal.gov/

Saturday Morning Physics at Fermilab - http://www-ppd.fnal.gov/smp-w/

Research Science Institute (RSI) at MIT http://www.cee.org/rsi/index.shtml

Lemelsen-MIT InvenTeams Program http://www.lemelson.org/programs/lemelson_mit_awards.php