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
VA-ANS Science Teacher Workshop
4-Day Hybrid Science Teacher Workshop
“The Science of Nuclear Energy & Radiation”
VCU’s Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering and the Virginia Section of the American Nuclear Society (VA-ANS), invite you to attend “The Science of Nuclear Energy & Radiation.” This workshop will take place Tuesday July 23 through Friday July 26.
Middle and high school science teachers are invited to obtain four Continuing Education Credits through four days (hybrid option available) 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 2024 workshop will be hosted by Virginia Commonwealth University School of Engineering in Richmond and will feature tours of North Anna Nuclear Power Station, an Emergency Response Facility, and VCU’s Nuclear Medicine Facilities, as well as numerous laboratories and hands-on activities full with ideas to implement in the classroom.
The $95 registration fee includes accommodations at a hotel near the VCU campus, all meals, all tours, four Continuing Education Credits, 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.
This year the workshop will offer a hybrid option. Teachers will have the option to stream the first two days of the workshop from home. These days will be lectures covering varying topics. The second two days of the workshop must be attended in person. These days will include group activities and in-person tours.
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”.