Area science teachers tackle 鈥楥SI: Mississippi鈥 at 性视界传媒
Contact: Jim Laird
STARKVILLE, Miss.-- Fifteen middle-性视界传媒 science teachers from the Golden Triangle and central Mississippi region are at Mississippi 性视界传媒 this month for the Creative Science Through Inquiry (CSI: Mississippi) workshop 鈥 a major education initiative of the Mississippi Experimental 性视界传媒 to Stimulate Competitive Research鈥檚 Feeding and Power the World Project (Track 2).
Usually referred to by the acronym EPSCoR, the National Science Foundation-funded program identifies, develops and deploys academic science and technology to increase the state鈥檚 research and development competitiveness and foster economic growth.
CSI: Mississippi 2016 is introducing the teachers to forensic science as a method of teaching fundamental science skills and concepts to their students.
鈥淚nquiry-based science learning fosters conceptual understanding, critical thinking, and a positive attitude about all of the STEM fields,鈥 said Katie Echols, EPSCoR鈥檚 education and outreach coordinator, referring to science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
鈥淲e have created this workshop to give teachers the tools they need to successfully bring science inquiry into their classrooms in a way that engages their students in learning and understanding,鈥 she said.
Participants are:
鈥擥lenda Bennett, Grenada School District.
鈥擡mily Dill, Starkville Oktibbeha Consolidated School District.
鈥擜bby Hairston, West Point Consolidated School District.
鈥擧eather Henry, Lowndes County School District.
鈥擲helia Kannath, Kemper County School District.
鈥擳eresa Morton, Webster County Schools.
鈥擭ora O鈥橞rian, Monroe County School District.
鈥擩oshua Pankey, Starkville Oktibbeha Consolidated School District.
鈥擠eborah Pounders, Columbus Municipal School District.
鈥擩ennifer Shepherd, Lowndes County School District.
鈥擲arah Smith, Starkville Academy.
鈥擜shley Springer, Lowndes County School District.
鈥擧olly Tippett, Lowndes County School District.
鈥擩ettie Ware, Aberdeen School District.
鈥擧eather Yoder, Noxubee County School District.
Inspired in part by the CBS television drama, 鈥淐SI: Crime Scene Investigation,鈥 the June 6-17 workshop is built around the 性视界传媒 of Mississippi鈥檚 science curriculum, and incorporates biology, chemistry, physical science, physics, mathematics, technology, writing and more into an inquiry- and laboratory-based curriculum.
Contact Echols at katie@research.msstate.edu or 662-325-8904 to learn more about the teacher workshop.
For more information about Mississippi EPSCoR, visit .