Karla Weidner, second from right |
CDC’s Science Ambassador Workshop is an annual five-day
professional development workshop for middle and high school teachers. It
provides training in curriculum design and teaching strategies that engage
students in math and science using real-life epidemiology and public health
science examples. During the first three days, CDC scientists lead workshop
sessions on current public health topics and demonstrate a variety of teaching
methods. During the final two days, workshop participants work collaboratively
with CDC scientists to write lesson plans for their lesson plan
collection.
As a participant in the program, Weidner also got to tour
the Emergency Operations Center, the Insectary, the CDC museum, and heard many
fascinating presentations. One of those presentations included two
epidemiologists who were on the front lines of the HIV/AIDS outbreak of the
early 1980's.
“It was an invaluable experience being able to collaborate
with experts in the field as well as outstanding teachers from all over the
United States. I look forward to incorporating what I've learned into my
classes at Carolina Day School,” said Weidner.
Weidner was also selected as one of 16 science teachers from across
the United States who participated in Ecology Project International,
a unique program in Costa Rica. She spent time in the Tirimbina Rainforest
Preserve studying tropical ecology and sharing ideas about how to incorporate
this kind of work into the classroom.
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