| Summary: | [Purposes]{Taken from page 2, "Description of The Program"} The Scientist-in-Residence Program is an innovative approach to improving science education in rural Alaskan high schools which enroll primarily low-income Eskimo adolescents. University of Alaska scientific faculty make classroom presentations in village schools and also interact with students outside of the classroom. In addition, the visiting scientists are to provide informal in-service training for the teachers, particularly in how to use the local environment to illustrate and teach scientific principles. During 1980m four "Scientists-in-Residence" (S.I.R.) participated in the program, visiting two school sites in the lower Yukon River area. Their visits lasted for two days at each site. The schedule of these visits is presented in Table 1.
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