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| Name: | Research Experience for Teachers Program |
|---|---|
| School/Institution: | Purdue University |
| City: | West Lafayette |
| State: | IN |
| Opportunity Type: | RET |
| Teacher Status: | Inservice |
| Teacher Level: | Elementary School Middle School High School |
| Description: | The Department of Physics is offering a summer research position for a high school teacher as part of the National Science Foundation's Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) program. This effort is intended to enhance high school physics education by allowing teachers to develop new techniques for engaging students, new lab experiments and lecture demonstrations, or other pedagogical components, or to allow participation in current physics research at Purdue. The RET program will be run in conjunction with the NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program at Purdue. |
| Duration: | up to 10 weeks |
| Application Deadline: | 04/25/2012 |
| Opportunity Website: | http://www.physics.purdue.edu/reu/ |
Benefits and Requirements | |
| Benefits: | Stipend Housing Meals Travel Reimbursement Equipment Budget |
| Benefit Explanation: | $1300 per week; Up to $500 for equipment which participant can keep |
Professional Development Opportunity Contact Information | |
| Contact: |
Purdue University, Dept of Physics 525 Northwestern Avenue West Lafayette, IN 47907-2036 Phone: 765-494-2970 Fax: 765-494-0706 |
