introduction
The Horizons Project was developed primarily
for educational enhancement of secondary school teachers in the
area of math and science. Work with the teachers, students, and
schools involved in the project is our number one focus. The funding
for this part of our effort came from a generous grant by the
National Science Foundation. In order to accomplish all the various
parts of Horizons took additional funding an cooperation from
several other community partners. Listed are the institutions
that have been key to our success at the Horizons Project.
national science foundation
The National Science Foundation provided the majority
of the funding for the Horizons Project. The focus of their grant
is to professionally develop teachers in the fields of science
and math. The project has trained over 70 teachers in using the
near real-time data network we have developed along with a number
key technology skills important to bringing research based learning
into the class room.
portland state university
Portland State raised additional funding to help
provide much of the equipment that make the Horizons Project data
network function.
center for science education
The Center for Science Education at Portland State
University has created an atmosphere of its own in respect to
advancing research and inquiry based educational methods within
the sciences. This project collects local relevant data for research
and inquiry teaching at participating schools and trains our participants
in these new approaches to teaching and learning.
portland general electric
PGE has generously donated surplus computers that
operate many of the Horizons Data collection stations. Besides
their interest in community education projects, our network collects
data on relative solar radiation for this region which may be
helpful in future projects.
metro
as a partner
The story of the Horizons Project being called "horizons"
really starts with metro and their involvement in the The Portland
Metro area. Linda George (our principal investigator) was
listening to a speech given by Mike Burton, Metro's Executive
Officer, on clean air and our standard of living being described
by our ability to see Mount Hood on a clear day from downtown
Portland. This goal of being able to see Mt. Hood on the
Portland Horizon inspired the naming of the Horizons Project.
Their work in the area of collecting and distributing
data about the region makes it possible to teach GIS with meaningful
data sets, model experiments more accurately, as well as many
other inquiry projects that have originated from the student and
teachers participants individual interests.
other local organizations Involved in improving
air quality
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