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Linking Research and Education in GK-12 SACNAS , Salt Lake City, October 11, 2008

Linking Research and Education in GK-12 SACNAS , Salt Lake City, October 11, 2008. Sonia Ortega, GK-12 Program Director Science Made Sensible Ashley Parker – MDCPS Carolyn Margolin – University of Miami. GK-12. Support graduate students in STEM Improve STEM education in K-12 schools

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Linking Research and Education in GK-12 SACNAS , Salt Lake City, October 11, 2008

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  1. Linking Research and Education in GK-12SACNAS, Salt Lake City, October 11, 2008 Sonia Ortega, GK-12 Program Director Science Made Sensible Ashley Parker – MDCPS Carolyn Margolin – University of Miami

  2. GK-12 • Support graduate students in STEM • Improve STEM education in K-12 schools • Make permanent changes in graduate programs at Universities

  3. “Fellows will bring their scientific research experience to the schools, so that teachers and K-12 students are exposed to what science is all about, how science is done, how discoveries happen and what scientists do”

  4. GK12 – Numbers • 10th year of operation • $54+M/year • 146 active projects, 125 institutions • 23-36 awards/year • 600-900 Fellows supported/year • 5,623 Graduate Fellows funded • 8,304 teachers • 588,285 K-12 students

  5. GK12 – Map of Programs

  6. “When I present or write about my research, if I don't provide the context, if I don't involve the audience, most will not understand or care about it. It will be a waste of my time, their time, and the knowledge will go unused.” “I think many scientists get so in-depth into their research that they forget, or haven't thought about, the importance of dissemination of their findings to the community.” Quotes from PhD students with a goal of entering academia.

  7. Science Made Sensible • A partnership between:

  8. Science Made Sensible • Teams UM Science and Ecology Graduate Students with Middle School Science Teachers from schools throughout Miami-Dade County • Focus on schools scoring below mastery on Science FCAT

  9. SMS GoalsGraduate Students • Improve communication and teaching skills: • Improve ability to communicate science to “non-scientific” audiences • Improve general teaching skills • Increase team-building skills and abilities

  10. SMS GoalsMiddle School Teachers • Enhance Professional Development: • Increase ability to provide research based activities for their students • Increase knowledge of ecology and current scientific discoveries • Increase use of quantitative and inquiry-based activities in the classroom

  11. SMS GoalsStudents • Advance the scientific understanding and learning of middle school students: • Increase classroom time devoted to research based activities • Introduce lessons based on concepts of Florida’s fragile environment • Increase quantitative and qualitative skills related to science • Improve overall understanding of scientific concepts • Increase the likelihood of students taking higher level STEM classes in the future

  12. Ashley’s Big Goal • Advanced students will meet or exceed mastery level on the FCAT • halving the gap between last year’s average school score and the highest average school score in MDPS • Allow students entering magnet high schools to enter with a skill set and knowledge level comparable to students from other schools

  13. Bringing Research into the classroom • Resident Scientists serve as both an additional source of scientific information and a source of new ideas and activities

  14. Activities often relate directly to the resident scientist’s own research field or experiment Bringing Research into the classroom

  15. Bringing Research into the classroom

  16. Bringing Research into the classroom

  17. Bringing Research into the classroom

  18. Effects of temperature and motion on erosion Bringing Research into the classroom

  19. Here Comes the Sun! Cooperative project Examines solar energy availability at each partner school Examines effect of varying solar energy on plant growth Bringing Research into the classroom

  20. Here Comes the Sun • Students learn about scientific methods • Cooperative research • Global Climate Change • Alternative Energy Sources

  21. More Ecology and Conservation in the Classroom

  22. Websites www.nsfgk12.org www.smsmiami.org

  23. SACNAS NSF GK-12 Dr. Michael Gaines Dr. Walter Secada Dr. Larry Peterson Dr. Otis Brown Administrations of Charles Drew Middle School Horace Mann Middle School North Miami Middle School South Miami Middle School Brownsville Middle School Allapattah Middle School Lake Stevens Middle School SMS Fellows and Partner Teachers Past and Present Our Students Acknowledgements

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