The goal of this project is to help high school and two-year college students develop a stronger understanding of science, with an emphasis on physics and its applications in industry. This goal is important because of the large number of students, particularly women and minorities, who are enrolled in technology or transfer programs at high schools and two-year colleges who need a stronger science program.

This program provides a series of faculty development workshops for teams of high school and two-year college teachers who teach the core physics courses for technology programs. These workshops are designed to acquaint the participants with the integration and implementation of emerging technology and active learning strategies. These workshops provide extensive and intensive hands-on, collaborative experiences for participants with workshop materials that make it easy for participants to implement the workshop ideas, adopt or adapt them, and acquire necessary skills to use them effectively in their classroom.

Each workshop will be led by two-year college and/or high school physics teachers and by several other physics educators.