5/17/2007

Rice's Center for Education honored K-12 teachers in the School Science and Technology program

FROM RICE NEWS STAFF REPORTS

On May 16, Rice's Center for Education honored K-12 teachers who participated in School Science and Technology, a partnership between Rice and the Houston Independent School District (HISD) to update and upgrade science teaching.

As part of the event, the teachers demonstrated the model science labs and teaching tools they acquired from the program. Mayor Bill White honored the teachers with the keynote address. 

Clockwise from top left: Using colored balls to represent to the planets, attendees attempted to put them in the correct order. Houston Mayor Bill White delivered the keynote address honoring the teachers involved in the Rice-HISD School Science and Technology partnership. Teachers show the different stages in the lifecycle of a mealworm. Here, attendees race cardboard cars they constructed to see which variables affect the speed and distance traveled. Center for Education Director Linda McSpadden McNeil talks with participants about the partnership and how it has impacted their classrooms. Attendees discovered the properties of objects inside balloons.	PHOTOS BY TOMMY LAVERGNE