Arlington, VA — April 29, 2002 — The National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) recently honored more than 25 educators in its 2002 Teacher Awards Program. NSTA and its sponsors presented teachers with cash and prizes totaling more than $100,000 during an awards banquet at its 50th National Convention in San Diego. Winning educators were chosen for their innovative teaching methods, leadership in bringing about positive change in science education, and overall outstanding achievement in science education.
Many of the teachers were recognized for their award-winning lessons and activities, including a nationally acclaimed outdoor learning lab and a program that features cyber field trips in which the teacher can conduct daily lessons and lab activities from the far reaches of the world. One teacher created an in-school facility where students study animals while engaging in inquiry-based learning, and another captured the interest of students by using movies to teach science concepts related to genetic engineering, rainforests, bioethics, volcanoes, and germ warfare. All of the award-winning teachers demonstrated an ability to make science learning creative and fun for their students, and for that, NSTA honors them.
NSTA presented its most prestigious award, the Robert H. Carleton Award, to NSTA 1976-1977 President and former board member, Sylvia Shugrue. With funding from The Dow Chemical Company, NSTA presents this annual award to one individual who has made outstanding contributions to and provided leadership in science education at the national level and to NSTA. As a science educator for many years in the District of Columbia public school system and a former NSTA leader, Shugrue has demonstrated a lifelong commitment to science education. Shugrue was honored at the President’s Banquet at the NSTA national convention, where she received an engraved crystal medallion and $5,000.
The deadline for most of the awards is July 15, 2002. For more information about the 2003 NSTA Awards Program, go to www.nsta.org/awardscomp. For a list of this year's winners, see below.
The Arlington, VA-based National Science Teachers Association is the largest professional organization in the world promoting excellence and innovation in science teaching and learning for all. NSTA's current membership includes more than 53,000 science teachers, science supervisors, administrators, scientists, business and industry representatives, and others involved in science education.
For more information, contact:
Carla Daniels, NSTA
(703) 312-9371
carla.daniels@nsta.org
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NSTA 2002 Teacher Awards
The Barrick Goldstrike Exemplary Elementary Earth Science Teaching Award
Eve Lamar, Tolenas School, Fairfield, CA
The CIBA Exemplary Middle Level Principal Award
James Cracraft, Hillside Middle School, Northville, MI
The CIBA Exemplary Middle Level Science Teaching Award
Steve Rich, Chestnut Log Middle School, Douglasville, GA
The CIBA Exemplary High School Level Exemplary Science Teaching Award
Sherri Steward, Grapevine High School, Grapevine, TX
The CIBA Exemplary High School Level Principal Award
Sheilah Bobo, EBC East New York High School for Public Safety & Law, Brooklyn, NY
The DCAT “Making a Difference” Award
Jeanine Staab, Medford Area Middle School, Medford, WI
The Distinguished Informal Science Education Award
Annette Berkovits, Wildlife Conservation Society, Bronx, NY
The Distinguished Teaching Award
Charles Barmen, Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis, IN
Linda Froschauer, Westin Middle School, Westin, CT
Hector Ibarra, West Branch Middle School, West Branch, IO
The Distinguished Service To Science Education Award
Harry Kranepool, Shelley Lee, Bonnie Brunkhorst, Mary Corcoran
Robert H. Carleton Award
Sylvia Shugrue, Washington, DC
Estes Rocketry- Space Foundation- NSTA Space Educator Award
Linda Szypula, Egg Harbor Township Middles School, Egg Harbor, NJ
The Gustav Ohaus Innovations in Science Teaching Award – Elementary
Eva Varga, North Bay Elementary School, North Bend, OR
The Gustav Ohaus Innovations in Science Teaching Award – Elementary Second Place
Christy Moore, Rohan Woods School, St. Louis, MO
The Gustav Ohaus Innovations in Science Teaching Award – Middle
Karen Kesmer, Baraboo Middle School, Baraboo, WI
The Gustav Ohaus Innovations in Science Teaching Award – Middle Second Place
Harold Fenske, Blackduck Public School, Blackduck, MN
The Gustav Ohaus Innovations in Science Teaching – High School
Pete Vreeland, Upper Merion Area High School, King of Prussia, PA
The Gustav Ohaus Innovations in Science Teaching – High School Second Place
Randal Albrandt, Pomona High School, Aruada, CO
The Gustav Ohaus Innovations in Science Teaching Award – College
Patricia Simmons, Monya Ruffin, Chrissie Kirkendall, University of Missouri, St. Louis, MO and Joe Polman, The Technology and Learning Center
The Gustav Ohaus Innovations in Science Teaching Award – College Second Place
Alison Draper, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA
The Science Screen Report Award
Gary Lake, Crossroads/ East High School, Madison, WI
The Seaworld Busch Gardens/ NSTA Outstanding Environmental Educator Award
Dell Phamplin, Chattahoochee High School, Alpharetta, GA
The Shell Science Teaching Award
Peggy Carlisle, Pecan Park Elementary School, Jackson, MS
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