AirUCI Summer Workshop in Environmental Chemistry for Science Teachers

UCI Course Code: CHEM X416
Credits: 6 quarter credits (through UCI Extension)
Quarters: Summer Quarters 2005-2014
Start and End Dates for the Next Course: Friday, June 21 - Wednesday, July 3, 2013

About the program

AirUCI Institute is offering an accredited two-week summer training workshop for high-school (grades 9-12) science teachers funded by the National Science Foundation. The workshop was offered in the summers of 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012 and it will continue in the summers of 2013 and (possibly) 2014. The workshop program consists of lectures by the AirUCI faculty members in the mornings followed by laboratory or computer work in the afternoons. The lab work primarily focuses on environmental problems. The program features a $1000 stipend, free lunches, and free UCI parking. It is equivalent to six quarter credit units administered through the UCI Extension. To learn more about this workshop please refer to a presentation about this program made by Prof. Sergey Nizkorodov at the 2008 National Academies' Chemical Sciences Roundtable (CSR) workshop "Strengthening High School Chemistry Education through Teacher Outreach Programs" and to a feature article about the workshop written in 2010. Finally, please check out the course syllabi for the previous years (see below). Also check out the photos of the participants below - chances are that they are your colleagues or people you know.

Registration for the 2013 workshop is still open although we already have way more applicants than we can accommodate. If it does not deter you lease apply here.