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=Welcome to The New Wiki for the 2010 NIST Summer Institute for Middle School Science Teachers!=

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Summer Institute for Middle School Science Teachers is a two-week workshop designed to support middle school science teachers through a combination of hands-on activities, lectures, tours, and visits with scientists, engineers, and scientific support staff in their laboratories. Throughout the workshop teachers are provided with in-depth material on topics in the middle school curriculum taught by NIST scientists and also provided resources and instructional tools to teach that material in the classroom.

While not a teaching institution but a federal government research institute focused on meeting the measurement science needs of the nation, NIST has a wealth of resources for the education community. The NIST Summer Institute for Middle School Science Teachers is one way of sharing these resources and building partnerships between middle school teachers and NIST scientists.

This wiki is designed to continue the collaborations begun during the 2010 NIST Summer Institute taking place July 6-19, 2010 in Gaithersburg, Maryland. The current vision is to post activities and materials from the 2010 NIST Summer Institute and encourage on-line collaboration. Future plans include hosting on-line Science Afternoons at NIST during the school year, with a focus on a particular topic such as nanotechnology or another topic of high interest and need to middle school science teachers. **Suggestions and ideas are always welcome.**

Here's a link to the 2010 NIST Summer Institute Schedule:



For more information about the NIST Summer Institute for Middle School Science Teachers contact Mary Satterfield at mary.satterfield@nist.gov or 301/975-5364.