Participants will also engage in a number of workshops at ORAU's Center for Science Education classroom with topics focused on classroom technologies, how to integrate scientific research into the classroom, and sharing lesson plans and best practices.

STARs participants will spend most of their time at the lab conducting research, participating in facility tours, and attending scientific seminars given by ORNL researchers.

The partners met in January at ORAU's Center for Science Education to plan the first-year pilot program scheduled to occur later this summer. Applications to participate are being accepted now through March 1.

The program, called Siemens Teachers as Researchers (STARs), is a two-week, residential professional development program that will host 20 middle school and high school science and math teachers for short-term research experiences at ORNL. 12, 2010 - Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU) is partnering with Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Siemens Foundation, College Board and Discovery Education, a division of Discovery Communications, LLC, to collaborate on a special program as part of new, nationwide education initiative that supports the Obama Administration's call to advance science literacy among American students.

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