Research Experience for Teachers 1999
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The 1999 Research Experience for Teachers (RET) program participants were (from left to right):
- David Newton - Cortland Junior Senior High School, Cortland, NY
- Ann Phinney-Foreman - Waverly High School, Waverly NY
- Terri Husted - DeWitt Middle School, Ithaca, NY
- Michelle Lee - Ithaca High School, Ithaca, NY
The teachers spent most of their time in CCMR's Shared Experimental Facilities. The RET program also included opportunities for the teachers to attend research talks, meet with faculty members and graduate students, and tour other research facilities on the Cornell campus.
The 1999 RET program ran from July 6 - August 13 and included the following activities:
- Density (Graduate student Jennifer Gaudioso)
- Smart Sensors
- Fiber Optics (Graduate students David Picciotto, Aaron Judy, Josh Pomeroy, Jennifer Gaudioso)
- Electron and Optical Microscopy Facility
- Tour of Physical Sciences Library
- Tie Dye (Graduate students Stephen Gomez and Diego Diaz)
- Materials Demos (Tom Barbieri)
- Computing and PowerPoint Training
- X-Ray Diffraction Facility
- Electronic Packaging Tour (Alex Deyhim)
- Polymers (Graduate student Gina Weibel)
- MicroWorld (Graduate student Gil Toombes)
- UHV-STEM Laboratory
- Tour of Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source
- Magnets (Graduate student Mandar Deshmukh)
- Ion Beam Analytical Facility
- Tour of Cornell Nanofabrication Facility
- Vitamin C (Graduate student Samantha Glazier)
At the end of the RET program, teachers are expected to develop a materials science related lesson plan. These lesson plans, which we refer to as modules, have been as varied as the teacher that have participated and have ranged in topic from geology to biodegradable polymers to balsa wood bridges. The full list of RET developed modules can be found on our RET Modules page.
