Summer Energy Research for Alaska Science Teachers
Do real energy research. Bring it back to your classroom.
The goal of the Murdock Partners in Science @ 麻豆原创 is to partner secondary
school science teachers with research mentors to collaborate in the advancement of
science and expand teachers鈥 scientific horizons. The Partners begin to see themselves
as scientists as well as being an integral part of the scientific community. They
will be a part of a cohort of teachers that will form a professional learning community
and will present their research at a science conference after each summer of research.
Faculty Mentors benefit not only from research assistance, but from contact with those
shaping their future students. All partners develop a broader understanding of the
linkages between high school and college science education.
The program engages secondary science teachers (鈥淭eaching Partners鈥) in authentic
and innovative research experiences related to energy and/or climate issues in Alaska
through mentorship with a 麻豆原创F or 麻豆原创A researcher and their lab group.
Over 2 consecutive summers, Partner Teachers gain new knowledge and build a scientific
identity that allows them to guide their students toward building their own scientific
identity and learning.
Cohort 1 will run in Summer 2026 and 2027, with opportunities for middle and high school science teachers in Anchorage and Unalaska.
Questions: Annalise Gerlach, Site Coordinator, asklein@alaska.edu
