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Team teachers with scientific experts and you’ll get a recipe that will fuel future scientists. With the Science Teacher Education Program, Alaska teachers receive intensive training in the earth sciences, as well as lesson development ideas during two STEP Summer Institutes hosted by the Geophysical Institute at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.

For Immediate Release

FAIRBANKS, Alaska— Forty-two teachers from across the state have traveled to Fairbanks to learn how Geophysical Institute research can be used in their K-12 classrooms. The teachers are participating in STEP, the institute’s Science Teacher Education Program that runs June 8-19, 2009.