Claire Greene of Poinciana Math, Science, and Technology Magnet School in Boynton Beach, Fla, nominated as the 2007 Gustav Ohaus Award recipient for Innovations in Science Teaching
The award, presented annually by Ohaus, recognises educational innovations with the potential to improve science teaching at the primary, secondary or college levels.
For almost 40 years, the annual Gustav Ohaus award programme has been recognising educators whose instructional methods or learning activities have the potential to improve science teaching at the elementary, middle, high school, and college levels.
This year's competition featured a cash prize of US$1500, an all-expenses-paid trip to the National Science Teachers Association Conference on Science Education in St Louis, and a personalised Gustav Ohaus award.
Greene's school will also receive $1000 worth of Ohaus products and a plaque to be displayed at the school.
Greene, a resident of Boca Raton, Fla, teaches science to kindergarten through 5th grade students at Poinciana and her winning educational innovation was centered on educating her students about the Ohaus triple beam balance and techniques for using this balance to measure mass.
Greene also uses Ohaus balances to support lessons of discovery across the year's curriculum and next year plans to train these students to be 'balance beam buddies' with students in primary classes.
