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K-12 EDUCATION
- Collaboration with Teachers
- One of the most effective ways of reaching students is by working with
their teachers. As Andries van Dam, a principal investigator at the
Center for Computer Graphics and Scientific Visualization, notes, "If
you want to have an impact on students, you have to excite their
teachers. The potential audience is much larger." The STCs devote much
of their resources toward working with teachers one-on-one to develop
effective approaches to science education and to build teacher
awareness of careers in science, engineering, and mathematics.
Alternative approaches to teacher development abound in the STC
program.
- Courses, Workshops, and Symposia for K-12 Teachers
- Laboratory Experiences
- Field Experiences
- Long-term Professional Development
- Educational Tools for Teachers
- Classroom science activities offer many opportunities for learning.
The challenge for teachers, however, is to present the material in an
interesting way while ensuring that the students have mastered the
concepts. Through joint projects between STC staff and teachers, more
than one approach is developed for educational programs and tools that
are interesting and useful.
- Science Kits
- STC / K-12 Collaboration on Developing Educational Tools
- Use of STC Equipment by K-12 Teachers
- Computer Resources for K-12 Teachers
- Student Programs: Out of the Classroom and into the World of Science
- Much of the world of science is found outside the traditional
classroom-outdoors at a distant field site, in a planetarium, in a
laboratory, or on a computer screen. Fortunately, students are natural
curiosity seekers who are eager to discover this world. STC programs
for K-12 students capitalize on this curiosity by allowing them to
learn scientific concepts through discovery. STC researchers help
further maintain student interest as mentors. The researchers work
with students on complex problems, developing new ways of
demonstrating scientific concepts with each student.
- Interactive Programs and Field Trips
- Science Fairs
- Research Experience for High School Students
- Computer-based Learning
- Talks from Prominent Scientists
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