This three-day institute at the University of Chicago incorporates perspectives from the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities to examine how concerns over energy scarcity and energy sustainability can be translated into creative classroom instruction.
Questions include: how have fossil fuels shaped the worlds in which we live? What prospects exist for a sustainable energy future?
Faculty, staff, and graduate students from the University of Chicago and other esteemed educational institutions from around the country will speak each day in a combination of presentations and discussions of curriculum development. Intended primarily for elementary through community college educators, the Summer Teacher Institute is open to all interested parties.