A Grant Program for Mathematics and Science Teachers Offered by the GTE Foundation, the GIFT program supports excellence in the teaching of secondary science and mathematics and encourages the integration of these disciplines in school curricula. It also gives classroom teachers the opportunity to update their subject knowledge and undertake innovative projects. 2-minute interludes that focus on earth science and astronomy. The brief commentaries, aired over public and commercial stations, often provide an unexpected and welcome glimpse of the natural world in the midst of Top Forty music and dateline news.
Students research a question, write a script, and submit it on audiotape.
The deadline for submission is May 15, 1995. Try this telephone service sponsored by the Texas Society for Biomedical Research. The Hotline is building an impressive list of professionals from private practice, universities, industries and government agencies who work in some area of mathematics or science. When questions come in from students or teachers, the request is matched to an appropriate source. The Hotline tries to link questioners with someone from their local area to encourage visits to classrooms and workplaces.