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

About the program

AirUCI Institute was offering an accredited two-week summer training workshop in 2005-2014 for high-school (grades 9-12) science teachers funded by the National Science Foundation. The summer 2014 workshop was the last one we had funding for. The workshop program consisted of lectures by the AirUCI faculty members in the mornings followed by laboratory or computer work in the afternoons. The lab work primarily focused on environmental problems. The program featured a $1000 stipend, free lunches, and free UCI parking. It was 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. We are sorry to report that this program is now CLOSED, and that we are no longer accepting applications for this workshop.