Pennsylvania Governor's Institutes and Academies for Educators
Governor’s Institute in Physical Sciences
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photo of teachers work on preparing fruit juices using pectinase in biology lab.

Teachers work on preparing fruit juices using pectinase in the Biological Sciences laboratories in Mellon Institute.

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July 11–22, 2005
Carnegie Mellon University

The Governor's Institute in Physical Sciences (GIPSE) is a two-week residential institute offered in July on Carnegie Mellon’s campus. In the fall of 1998, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge empowered the Pennsylvania Department of Education to begin formulating a plan for the Governor’s Institutes and Academies as professional development opportunities for the state’s teachers from the elementary through high school grade levels. Carnegie Mellon in partnership with the Department of Education offered the first GIPSE during the summer of 1999.

  • About the Institute — read about the program's history, goals and highlights, and see photos from past Institutes.
  • Schedule of 2004 events and speakers.
  • People — who is involved, who attended in the past.
  • Materials to download; papers and talks from previous years.