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The Chemistry Van Project represents a consortium effort on the
part of The Chicago Science Alliance to actively improve science
education in the City of Chicago. The alliance is addressing the needs of
the teachers in the Chicago Public High Schools in a significant and
systemic way. The plan of the program is to introduce and sustain the
use of laboratory experimentation and instrumentation in the secondary
education curriculum. It is designed to provide in-service training for
the high school teachers of science and then to provide that
instrumentation on a daily basis for the teachers to use, in hands on
experiments in their classrooms. The instrumentation is provide through
the VAN project and delivered by a science certified instructor who aids
the teacher in the classroom. The Chicago Science Alliance is composed of
the following institutions: The Chicago Public Schools and their Office
of Instructional Support (CPS), Chicago State University (CSU), The
Teachers Academy for Math and Science in Chicago (TAMS), and the University
of Illinois at Chicago (UIC).
Information on the Chemistry Van Program Inservice and application for Summer 2000 can be found starting
on the following page.
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