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Ninth Annual IPRB Summer Program
for Science & Math Teachers
Logan County educator Sally Aukamp attends
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 [July 18, 2018]
On
June 25, eighty-five grade school through high school science and
math teachers from 35 Illinois counties met at the Double Tree Hotel
for four days of activities to learn about the science, the
business, and the people of the Illinois oil and natural gas
industry.
From Logan County, Lincoln Community High School Science teacher
Sally Aukamp participated in the event.
The teachers were each given a curriculum as well as lab kits worth
hundreds of dollars to take back to their classrooms at the end of
the conference. The registrants earned either 7.5 Professional
Development Hours plus 2 grad credits from Illinois State
University, or 37.5 Professional Development Hours. The teachers
participated in each lab that is included in the kit as they go
through each chapter of the curriculum. Some of the comments the
teachers made about the IPRB Summer Program are as follows:
"So informative &
practical!"
"It was wonderful not
only having activities for the classroom but being given the
material to achieve those activities."
"Loved the variety of
formats…activities (hands on), lectures from speaker who were highly
knowledgeable, field trip day was awesome, and that there was no
wasted time."
"This has been one of
the best conferences that I have been to in my 25 years of
teaching."
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"I learned so much about oil production – how many jobs, lives,
products are impacted that I was totally ignorant of before."
"Everyone was so
friendly and willing to share & answer questions."
"Loved that it was so
well organized and it was free."
The free program is sponsored by the Illinois Petroleum Resources
Board (IPRB). The purpose of this body is to provide public
awareness and education programs about the Illinois oil and natural
gas industry. The IPRB also cleans up abandoned tank battery sites
throughout the state. Funding for the IPRB comes from voluntary
contributions of Illinois oil and natural gas producers and royalty
owners.
[Connie Eubanks
Education Coordinator/Office Manager
Illinois Petroleum Resources Board] |
