It's hard to believe that Science was his least favourite subject when he went to school.

Now the Science teacher at Bethlehem College, Ashfield is helping to develop a worldwide energy curriculum to be used by all Science teachers from around the world in 2010.

Bryan Ie is one of three teachers worldwide selected to participate in a two-year internship with the JASON project, a non-profit subsidiary of National Geographic Society.

Working alongside top scientists and researchers from around the world, he will join a field team of Argonauts in Washington DC to explore the global challenges of energy generation and consumption designed to meet the planet's increasing needs.

"I'm excited to have the opportunity to explore real-life challenges, and help connect and link these real-world scenarios to students in the classroom."

Bethlehem College Science Co-ordinator Silvana Rossetti says that Mr Ie will be required to collect, analyse and develop data in the next two years that can be shared by teachers all over the world.

"It's significant because he will be taking a real-life issue such as the energy crisis, and will be bringing solutions into our classrooms," Mrs Rossetti said.

He will be joined by Year 6 teacher and Science Co-ordinator Melissa Hall from St Therese Primary, Sadleir-Miller.

The upcoming worldwide curriculum unit on energy is scheduled for release in summer 2009.