The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation (WWNFF) and the Princeton Environmental Institute (PEI) are collaborating on a program to provide secondary science teachers with instructional research experiences. National Science Education Standards (NSES) are examined related to the following exploratory topics:

                                                · Feedbacks and their consequences
                                                · Causes and consequences of biodiversity loss
                                                · Climate and environmental change
                                                · Ecosystems processes, functions and utility
                                                · Resource uses, conflicts, and alternatives

The 2001 institute will begin with an examination of an environmental system common to many locales: a watershed. This investigation involves field work, research, analysis, testing, comparison of results and reports of findings. The institute continues with content lectures and discussions with eminent professors and researchers from Princeton, Rutgers, and entities across the country. Participants will work with researchers in a laboratory or field setting while studying topics such as tree biodiversity, impacts of CO2, environmentally responsible development, and weather modeling. Each mentor group records their research and findings in a web format. These web resources are used by teachers and students in the U.S. and around the world.