2. Welcome

3. ABOUTGOALS  NSF Grant  Links public education and current scientific research  Graduate students in:  Science  Technology  Engineering  Mathematics  Teachers  Exposure to current research  Connect with local university  Graduate students  STEM graduate students gain communication skills  Teaching skills  Students  Enriched science curriculum

4.  NSF developed GK-12 program to support:  Graduate students contributing to scientific knowledge base  Cutting edge science in public schools  The next generation of scientists  Communication skills across a wide audience

5.  Rural school districts  School districts with high percentage of free and reduced lunches  Districts with high ethnic diversity

6.   institutions participating  Benefitted graduate fellows   teachers involved  schools   K-12 students inspired144 5,263 9,473 4,732 687,594

7.  Graduate students’ areas of study:  Environmental Sciences Graduate program  Molecular Biosciences Graduate Program  Department of Biological Sciences  Department of Chemistry & Physics

8. Katie Lisko Seth Schirmer Kevin Keen Scott Chiavacci Annabelle McKie Bryan Reiley Sarah Thompson Mauricio Solis

9. Going Batty For Science!  Lesson plans based on Fellow’s research  6th – 8th grade emphasis  State and national standards  Hands on learning!  Higher order thinking skills emphasized  Student driven hypotheses

10. TOXICITY TESTING 101OUR FRIEND— D. magna  STEM teacher engages students:  What goes down your sink?  Introduce D. magna  Explain Toxicity Testing  Have students decide and develop individual hypotheses  Set up their own Acute experiments  Repeat  Focuses on:  Scientific Method/Trial and Error  Environmental Appreciation! http://www.mblaquaculture.com/assets/images/content/phot o_Daphnia_magna.jpg SET UP IS HALF THE FUN

11. THE ELECTRIC PICKLE!  Loose example of Ohms law, electron light emission, or basic chemical principles  Similar to Sodium Lamps  Engages students  Focuses:  Relating light emissions to electron energy change  Structure of atoms  Safety! EXCITED ELECTRONS!

12. Graduate Fellows Mentor Teachers Students ASU GK12

13. students 1048 students in 5 rural school districts Caucasian African American HispanicOther 565 444 30 9 54% 42% 3% 1%

14.  How can we achieve these goals?  How can we improve each year? PROGRAM GOALS  Improve communication to a broad audience  Deeper understanding of research  Enhance teachers’ science experience  Spark students’ interest in STEM  Exposure to enriched STEM environment

15. http://www.nsfgk12.org