Past Workshops
2019 4-Day Science Teacher Workshop
2018 4-Day Science Teacher Workshop
2017 4-day Science Teacher Workshop
2016 4-day Science Teacher Workshop
2015 4-day Science Teacher Workshop
2013 4-day Science Teacher Workshop
2012 4-day Science Teacher Workshop
2011 4-day Science Teacher Workshop
2010 4-day Science Teacher Workshop
2009 4-day Science Teacher Workshop
2008 4-day Science Teacher Workshop
2007 1-day Science Teacher Workshop
2007 4-day Science Teacher Workshop
2006 3-day Science Teacher Workshop
2006 1-day Science Teacher Workshop
2005 1-day Science Teacher Workshop
4-Day Science Teacher Workshop
“The Science of Nuclear Energy & Radiation”
CANCELED for SUMMER 2020
VCU’s Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering, the Virginia Section of the American Nuclear Society (VA-ANS), the Virginia Chapter of the Health Physics Society (HPS), the North American Young Generation in Nuclear (NA-YGN), and the US Women in Nuclear (WIN) invite you to attend “The Science of Nuclear Energy & Radiation.”
Middle and high school science teachers are invited to enjoy four days of lectures, labs, hands-on activities and tours in an immersive all-inclusive workshop that will provide educators with the opportunity to sharpen their knowledge and understanding of nuclear energy and radiation, enabling them to provide their students with factual and up-to-date information about nuclear science and technology. The 2020 workshop will be hosted by Virginia Commonwealth University School of Engineering in Richmond and will feature tours of the Surry Nuclear Power Station and VCU’s Nuclear Medicine Facilities, as well as numerous laboratories and hands-on activities full with ideas to implement in the classroom. The $100 registration fee includes 4 days of accommodations on the VCU campus, all meals, all tours, four Continuing Education Credits, a Geiger-Mueller meter to use in your classroom, and all educational materials.
Instructors and lecturers are experts in the fields they are to present and will be discussing topics including nuclear energy and technology, nuclear power plant basics and safety, functionality and use of Geiger-Müller counters, and basic information on, biological effects of, and beneficial uses of radiation. The goal of this workshop is to provide educators with the opportunity to sharpen their knowledge and understanding of nuclear energy and radiation, enabling them to provide their students with factual and up-to-date information about nuclear science and technology.
For additional information, email virginia-4dstw@local.ans.org or call Supy Phongikaroon at (804) 827-2278 and enjoy our picture gallery below. Our program has also been featured on NPR’s “Science Matters.”
The American Nuclear Society (ANS) has added high school curriculum to Navigating Nuclear: Energizing Our WorldTM, which is now available to educators. Navigating Nuclear is a nuclear science educational program that launched in 2018 beginning with middle school resources and was created by the ANS Center for Nuclear Science and Technology Information in conjunction with Discovery Education™. It is the first widely available program of its kind in the country. The high school curriculum is funded by and developed in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Nuclear Energy, as is the elementary school curriculum to be launched in 2020.