ONR schools teachers in STEM camp

STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss. - Gulf Coast-area science and math teachers are learning new lessons and recharging their professional enthusiasm at Office of Naval Research-funded five-day summer camps that wraps up July 15. Organized by the Naval Research Laboratory Stennis Space Center detachment in conjunction with the ASM Materials Education Foundation, the program trains middle and high school teachers in physics and materials science, electronic engineering, chemistry and polymer science. The Navy's goals are to inspire teachers and students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields, raise ONR and NRL's profiles with Gulf Coast-area residents and inform them about the cutting-edge work being done at SSC. Long term, the objective is to grow and sustain the current naval STEM workforce, which will lose a multitude of workers to retirement in the coming years. (Source: Office of Naval Research, 07/11/11)