3 TEACHERS GET GRANTS TO STUDY ENVIRONMENT IN WISCONSIN.Byline: Daily News LANCASTER - Three local middle school teachers have been selected to attend the Key Issues II Institute, an environmental studies teacher training program, in Racine, Wis. John Grove, Carla Recher and Keleen Wrighten are teachers at Park View, Piute and New Vista Middle schools, respectively. They will attend a weeklong session through grants from the Lockheed Martin For the former company, see . Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) is a leading multinational aerospace manufacturer and advanced technology company formed in 1995 by the merger of Lockheed Corporation with Martin Marietta. Aeronautics aeronautics: see aerodynamics; airplane; aviation. Co., Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County Sanitation Districts and Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley Air Pollution Control District. Key Issues II teaches middle-school educators techniques and skills they can use to provide environmental instruction in the classroom, focusing on investigating local environmental issues with their students. The institute is run by the Keystone key·stone n. 1. Architecture The central wedge-shaped stone of an arch that locks its parts together. Also called headstone. 2. The central supporting element of a whole. Center, a nonprofit organization Nonprofit Organization An association that is given tax-free status. Donations to a non-profit organization are often tax deductible as well. Notes: Examples of non-profit organizations are charities, hospitals and schools. founded in 1975. Its goals include supporting quality science education, and it has also assisted government agencies in environmental, natural resource and energy issues. Its Key Issues program provides teachers help in leading students through an analysis of environmental issues in their hometowns, the organization says. Teachers - and ultimately their students - learn now to analyze all sides of an issue and form a consensus using scientific facts as the basis for making decisions. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Teachers who won grants to study environmental sciences, front, from left, are John Grove, Carla Recher and Keleen Wrighten, with representatives from the granting agencies. Gene Blevins/Special to the Daily News |
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