Peer Reviewed Journal via three different mandatory reviewing processes, since 2006, and, from September 2020, a fourth mandatory peer-editing has been added.
Science Teaching for Ohio’s New
Economy (STONE) is an interdisciplinary
professional development program that inservice
teachers grades K-12 that experience
the integration of earth and physical science
in an inquiry-based field. There are various
field trips to various industrial settings that
teach how geoscientist works in the
aggregate industry. During the academic
year there is a support system where the
industry and the in-service teachers engage
their students into real world industrial
applications in the aggregate industry. This
paper will discuss the utilization of high –
tech instrumentation such as X-Ray
Fluorescence and Scanning Electron
Microscopy to teach real-world science
applications of concern.
Pre- and Post-test assessments as addressed
by R.R. Hake have shown that these inquirybased
professional development workshops
that integrated academia with industry as a
positive outcome for our students in Ohio.