This week marks the beginning of CGRER’s new radio segment (unsurprisingly) called the Iowa Environmental Focus. Below is the audio and transcript of our first clip. For more information on the segment, check out our “On the Radio” page.
Click here to listen to the clip (1:15).
TRANSCRIPT:
How can we improve science education in Iowa’s schools?
This is the Iowa Environmental Focus.
As Iowa kids head back to school this fall, we would like to highlight a group of Iowa researchers working to make our classrooms better places to learn.
During the next two years, Cory Forbes, a U of I education professor, is leading a team that will engage 30 Davenport teachers to study how to improve the way science is taught in our schools.
Right now, many American kids are falling behind in science, showing little interest in the material. This project looks to change that by promoting interactive learning.
If more kids get the chance to DO science, kids may decide they like it. And if we see more interest in science here, our kids will better equipped to meet the challenges of the 21st century and to keep Iowa prosperous.
For more information visit us at Iowa Environmental Focus dot O-R-G.
Welcome back to school, everybody. Let’s make this another great year in our local schools.
I’m Jerry Schnoor from the University of Iowa Center for Global and Regional Environmental Research.
Thank you, and enjoy Iowa’s environment.
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