All NewsSnapshotsPIMMS Enriches Local Math, Science Teachers Olivia DrakeJuly 31, 20123minWesleyan’s Project to Increase Mastery of Mathematics and Science (PIMMS) taught area middle school and high school teachers how to build wind turbines during an Alternate Forms of Energy Generation workshop on July 12. Pictured are local teachers Jeanette Compton and Richard Pelczar. Teacher Eileen Dibattista works on her turbine design. This is PIMMS fifth year hosting eesmarts summer workshops for Connecticut teachers. The eesmarts program, which is co-sponsored by the Connecticut Energy Efficiency Fund and the Connecticut Clean Energy Fund, is designed to improve the science teaching skills of teachers of pre-kindergarden through 9th grade students. Greg Voth, associate professor of physics at Wesleyan, spoke to the teachers about fluid dynamics of a wind turbine. (Photos by Olivia Drake) PIMMSVoth Related Articles All NewsArts & HumanitiesFaculty December 2, 2024 Andrew Chatfield Anna Deavere Smith Hon. ’97 Starts Yearlong Artist Residency with Staged Reading of New Work All NewsArts & HumanitiesCampus News & Events November 20, 2024 Mike Mavredakis Celebrated Filmmakers, Producers Share Insight into Black Cinema at Shasha Seminar All NewsArts & HumanitiesFaculty November 20, 2024 Ziba Kashef Narratives of Fear: An Anthropologist’s Research with Asylum Seekers