Standing on the Providence & Worcester Railroad bridge as it
crosses the Blackstone River at Millville, Massachusetts, you are
looking upstream to a point on the river bank where canal boats
exited and entered the river via the lock just beyond the trees
to the right of that site.
Kid's Stuff: sites
& activities for kids
Sites to stimulate and support studies of environmental issues,
science, math, technology, history and social studies.
Visit the UTC online library for science resources.
Visit Museums online -- Transportation and Science Museums and
other Museums of interest.
Learn about the environment through these great sites and resources.
Programs for continuing study of environmental issues. Highlights
college programs in environmentalism, transportation, engineering
and technology fields.
Links to NASA's kids site, Discovery Channel and much more. Find
fun and educational activities and resources.
Resources and organizations to support kids who are interested
in studying technology.
Programs and resources to help students learn about transportation
issues.
Learn about the anatomy of a frog with the Virtual Frog Dissection
Kit or save a planet with Captain Olin and his crew. Two unique
virtual experiences designed to teach through interactivity.
Teacher's Stuff: resources, lesson plans
& curricula
UTC at Assumption College -- information about programs at Assumption.
Links to educational institutions online resources and materials
for environmental studies.
Links to educational institutions online resources and materials
for transportation studies.
Educational Sites for Students and Teachers
Visit our virtual resources for students and teachers. Lists of
links include:
Museums and organizations in New England. Links include: The Massachusetts
and Rhode Island chapters of the Audubon Society and the Massachusetts
Executive Office of Environmental Affairs.
Historical museums and museums of science and special interest.
National Programs: Technology
and Transportation resources
Programs supporting education in the fields of technology and transportation.
UTC sponsored curricula and other unique learning experiences.
Testing ground water for pollution and studying the effects of
pollution on water sources.
View the grant and presentation
Resources, lesson plans, web sites, ideas, activities and more.
Wide variety of resources and subject matter from Science to Visual
Arts.
Resources for science and social studies teachers -- K-12
Technology and Transportation resources for teachers -- K-12
HIS 274 is a history course dealing with the technological, economic,
and political choices made by Americans from the canoe paddle to
the SUV.
Course Syllabus By: Jed Watters; Assumption College
Students learn communication and cooperation skills as they work
through this 8 week program. Designed to teach new skills and the
importance of alternative forms of transportation for environmental
conservation and improvement.
8 week curricular framework
View the grant and presentation
Participants learned and practiced the modern techniques used
by scientists to investigate environmental problems with the goal
of teaching these practices in their own classrooms.
Professional organizations for Social Studies and Science teachers
and professionals.
Professional organizations for Technology and Transportation teachers
and professionals.
Online Library: resource materials - online
and on campus.
Environmental Issues:
Teachers resources
Environmental books, pamphlets and other materials for teachers
Student resources
Books and other materials for students
Online Environmental Resources
Web sites for students and teachers
Science Education Materials:
Teachers resources
Resources for science teachers
Student resources
Study resources for students
Technology Resources:
Teachers resources
Resources for teachers
Student resources
Resources for students
Transportation Resources:
Teachers resources
Resources for transportation issues
Student resources
Student resources for transportation studies
Social Studies/History Resources:
Teachers resources
Social Studies and History resources for teachers
Student resources
Social Studies and history resources for students
Research Projects: reasearch projects,
proposals & grants
Grants Awarded
2000/2001
Winning proposals from the 2000/2001 school year. Includes presentations,
awards pictures and links to web sites and curricula developed.
Grants Awarded
2001/2002
View this years winning proposals. Results, curricula and presentations
will be posted in June 2002.
A Call
for Proposals 2000
Last year's Call for Proposals and other archived documents pertaining
to research activities.
A Call
for Proposals and Proposal forms 2001
UTC invites you to submit your proposals. Here is a description
of project requirements and the forms necessary to submit a proposal
to the UTC at Assumption College.
Calendar of Events: Get out your Datebook!
Regional and national calendar of events.
Schedule of current events
Archives,
1999 List of environmental events from 1999,
2000 List of environmental events from 2000
2001
List of environmental events from 2001
Career Expo Announcement,
May, 2001 description of event and pictures available in photo
gallery area
Roundtable
Announcement, Jan, 2000
Director's Update: Director's statement,
Annual Reports, meetings, pictures
Director's
Statement
December 1999 Director's Statement from Dr. Charles Estus, Director
of the UTC at Assumption College. Describes the origin and purpose
of the UTC at Assumption College.
Annual
Report
The Annual Report for the Year: 1 June 1999 - 31 May 2000
Submitted: 6 July 2000; Revised: 27 July 2000
Educational Goals
Educational goals of the UTC at Assumption College
Meeting, Oct.
1999
Minutes of the Joint Board Meeting, 1 October 1999
Meeting, March
2000
Minutes of the Joint Meeting of the Research and Educational
Advisory Boards
31 March 2000. This board meeting was a traveling meeting, held
on train. Pictures are included with the Minutes.
Meeting, October
2000
Minutes of the Meeting of the Advisory Board; Broad Meadow Brook
Wildlife Sanctuary, Worcester, MA 01604 6 October 2000
Meeting, March 2001
Minutes of the Advisory Boards meeting held on 30 March 2000.
About
Assumption and Colleges of the Worcester Consortium
Assumption College is a private, Catholic institution of higher
learning founded in 1904 by and conducted under the auspices of
the Augustinians of the Assumption. This link includes information
about Assumption College, the College Education Program and the
Colleges of Worcester Consortium.
Photo Gallery: a collection of pictures taken
at various events
Minutes of the Joint Meeting of the Research and Educational Advisory
Boards
31 March 2000. This meeting was held on a train while travelling
to the restored Woonsocket train depot which is now occupied, by
the National Park Service's Corridor Commission offices.
The UTC sponsors two types of research; scientific research and
curricular research. View pictures from the 2000 awards presentation
ceremony.
Mr. Dartagnon Townes, manager of the West Boylston WalMart, presented
a $5,000.00 Environmental Grant from the WalMart Foundation to the
UTC to support and give special recognition to the Quinsigamond
School Curriculum Project.
The newly renovated Union Station in Worcester, MA was the site
of the first Transportation Career Expo sponsored by the University
Transportation Center/Assumption College held on May 25, 2001.
June 22-June 29, 2001: 9:00am-4:00pm, outline of program and pictures
Participants learned and practiced the modern techniques used by
scientists to investigate environmental problems with the goal of
teaching these practices in their own classrooms.
Through the generosity of the Providence and Worcester Railroad,
the Worcester Public School Teachers were able to experience a moving
inservice day as they traveled by train to Woonsocket, RI.
The Ecology Club was started at the beginning of the Fall 2000
semester at Assumption College through the efforts of the UTC.
Student of the year
Rob is the first undergraduate student in the nation to receive
this prestigious UTC Student of the Year Award with its $1,000.00
prize.
The University Transportation Center is pleased to announce the
selection of Ms. Yuet Ping Tai as this year's recepient of the Student
of the Year Award. Ping is our country's first high school student
to receive this prestigious recognition.
Contact Us: how to contact staff, board
members & management
Staff -- Contact the UTC Staff
College Advisory Board -- Members
of the Board, contact information
Advisory Board -- Board members
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