The University of Tennessee Nuclear Engineering Department presents a free one-day Workshop on Nuclear Fundamentals for middle and high school science teachers. The Workshop is usually held on the UT main campus which is near the nuclear facilities in Oak Ridge and the medical facilities at UT Hospital, or at TVA's Watts Bar Nuclear Plant. The Workshop is co-sponsored by the American Nuclear Society, TVA, ORNL, and the U.S. Department of Energy. Teachers are given guided tours of nuclear facilities, and materials for their classrooms such as free Geiger Counters and Charts of the Nuclides. Lectures by nuclear educators on nuclear basics are also presented to the teachers.
Enrollment is limited and is on a first come first serve basis.
One week workshop for K-12 teachers. Provides hands-on information about forest biology, ecology and management. Workshop participants are also certified to use environmental education curriculum of Project Learning Tree. Transportation between participant's home and class location is not provided. Graduate or undergraduate credit hours are available through The University of Tennessee.