Science Teaching Tools Grant

AFCEA Liberty Bell Chapter 2008 Science Teaching Tools Grant Award -  NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS THRU 5/30/08  [More Info]

Philadelphia, PA – June 23, 2007 - The AFCEA Liberty Bell Chapter awarded the 2007 Science Teaching Tools Grant to Woodrow Wilson High School of Camden, NJ on June 21, 2007.  Science Teacher Dr. Dave Purdon and Principal Calvin Gunning submitted an application to conduct a project called “Radio Jove”, in which his WWHS science students will learn physics and radio astronomy by building a radio telescope and installing/configuring an antenna to tune-in reception of radio wave transmissions by Jupiter’s enormous magnetosphere.  The students will also be monitoring and logging their activity on a NASA website. 

2008 Science Teaching Tools Grant – APPLICATIONS NOW BEING ACCEPTED through May 30, 2008.  Click here for the application form. 

About the AFCEA Science Teaching Tools Program
This program is a joint effort between individual AFCEA Chapters and the Educational Foundation to promote effective science teaching and to enhance the abilities of capable teachers in K-12 schools worldwide. The AFCEA Educational Foundation will provide $1,000 for an elementary, middle or high school science teacher to purchase supplies and/or equipment that would augment their science and/or information technology activities in the classroom.

E-mail submissions to scholarship@philly.afceachapter.org.