Maryland Public Television Connects JHU Scientists and Middle/High School Teachers on Critical Environmental Health Issues

Mentor Teachers Exchange Technology-Infused Lesson Plans and Teaching Practices at EnviroHealth Connections Summer Institute"

BALTIMORE, MD (PRWEB) July 14, 2003 -- Over 100 middle and high school teachers from across Maryland are working on making the environmental health sciences zing! in their classrooms by using innovative teaching methods and computer technology.

On July 21-24, 2003, they will gather in Baltimore at the EnviroHealth Connections Summer Institute" with top scientists from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health to share their lessons on air, water, population, and other environmental topics.

Among other JHU presenters, Dr. Michael Trush, Deputy Director, Johns Hopkins Center in Urban Environmental Health, JHU Bloomberg School of Public Health, will deliver a keynote about critical environmental health issues in our region and Dr. Lynn Goldman, Professor, JHU Bloomberg School of Public Health, and Director, Mid-Atlantic Public Health Training Center, will address health and environmental exposures to children.

EnviroHealth Connections is a 7-year partnership of Maryland Public Television and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, funded by a grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to infuse human environmental health topics and issues into all curriculum areas using inspired teachers, cutting-edge technology, and super-powered information exchange.

The lesson plans and digital resources developed by teacher teams will be accessible on MPTs Thinkport.org-a free, comprehensive online resource for Maryland educators, families, and community members (www.thinkport.org). Thinkport is funded through a grant from the U.S. Department of Education Star Schools Program.
                                
For more information about EnviroHealth Connections and the Summer Institute visit: http://www.thinkport.org/career/training/mpt/connections/default.tp. Support for the 2003 Institute is generously provided by Johns Hopkins Center in Urban Environmental Health, The Seraph Foundation, Inc., and Procter & Gamble Cosmetics Foundation.

Maryland Public Television is a not-for-profit, state-licensed public television station which serves the citizens and communities of Maryland and beyond through a variety of broadcast and nonbroadcast activities. For more information, visit mpt.org.

The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health has been designated an Environmental Health Sciences Research Center by the National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) and offers multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary
education training in the basic and applied professional sciences in environmental health. For more information: www.jhsph.edu.