{"id":205,"date":"2007-05-03T07:12:38","date_gmt":"2007-05-03T11:12:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/?p=205"},"modified":"2008-08-05T13:08:34","modified_gmt":"2008-08-05T17:08:34","slug":"science-teacher-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=205","title":{"rendered":"Science teacher of the year"},"content":{"rendered":"

Contratulations to Beth Giles, National Science Teacher of the Year<\/a>.<\/p>\n

LAKE WALES – A teacher at Polk Avenue Elementary School in Lake Wales has been named the National Science Teacher of the Year.<\/p>\n

Beth Giles, who earlier had been named the Florida Science Teacher of the Year for 2006, will receive $10,000 and a weeklong trip to Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

The award was made by the National Science Foundation, along with the White House.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Contratulations to Beth Giles, National Science Teacher of the Year. LAKE WALES – A teacher at Polk Avenue Elementary School in Lake Wales has been named the National Science Teacher of the Year. 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