The Tennessee Geographic Alliance has chosen Jefferson Middle School teachers Brian Smith and John Beard of Oak Ridge Schools to represent Tennessee at a special training session at the headquarters of the National Geographic Society in Washington, D.C., from June 24-28.
The purpose of the Summer Institute is to train educators on the Geo-Inquiry Process, which involves the following phases:
- Developing Scientific and Geographic Questions,
- Acquiring Scientific and Geographic Information,
- Organizing and Analyzing Scientific and Geographic Information,
- Developing Scientific and Geographic Stories, and
- Sharing Scientific and Geographic Stories.
