Teacher Internship at National Renewable Energy Laboratory:

The Department of Energy's Office of Science is funding an internship at most national labs, including NREL. Applications will be online this week to come back to NREL for three more summers! For more information on this opportunity and how to apply, visit these websites and see below:

http://www.scied.science.doe.gov/scied/ACTS/about.htm
http://www.scied.science.doe.gov/scied/ACTS/apply.htm

NREL is the U.S. Department of Energy’s primary renewable energy and energy efficiency research laboratory. Researchers at NREL are committed to developing renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies that benefit the environment and the economy and provide solutions to future energy needs of the U.S. and the world. As a single purpose laboratory, NREL is recognized as one of the world’s leaders in the research and development of renewable energy technologies and energy efficiency and uses the unique laboratory and personnel resources to provide teachers a once-in-a lifetime experience in renewable energy and energy efficiency research and development.

The NREL program is an eight-week program over three summers that will allow teachers to work at NREL in a mentored research experience in collaboration with an NREL scientist. Potential research projects for ACTS teachers are in the following research areas: solar, wind, hydrogen fuel cells and production, bioenergy, transportation, alternative fuels, and energy efficiency technologies including new energy buildings. This program is designed for classroom teachers and faculty at Community Colleges who teach science, math or technology in grades 6 – 14.

The teacher professional development program focuses on teacher content knowledge, science classroom curriculum, and school leadership activities. NREL recognizes that teachers are the critical change agents to improve science, mathematics, and technology education policy and technical content in our schools. NREL’s program is designed to create a cadre of outstanding science and math teachers with excellent content knowledge and scientific research experience to serve as leaders and agents of positive change in their national, regional, and local teaching communities. This three-year program taps into the mentoring talent at NREL to guide and enrich the teachers’ understanding of the current scientific and technological world. Through the ACTS program, teachers establish long-term relationships with their mentor scientists, NREL education personnel and teaching colleagues will continue to support the education efforts of the teachers when they return to their classrooms. Selected teachers choose a research area with the intent of improving their current abilities and knowledge as a science teacher, helping them translate the experience into improved classroom instruction and student achievement.


For more information, contact:
Morgan Curley
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Education Programs
1617 Cole Blvd., MS 1713
Golden, CO 80401
Phone: 303 275-3080
Fax: 303 275-3076
morgan_curley@nrel.gov
www.nrel.gov