Posted on January 18th, 2010 by ASEE
Thirteen years ago, the University of Texas, Austin, started a program called UTeach that allowed math and science majors to simultaneously earn teaching certificates. It worked so well at UT-Austin that the school set up the National Math and Science Initiative to help the program spread to other universities across the country. Now the Obama administration wants to put the project into overdrive.
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Tags: College, Grant Opportunities, Programs for Teachers, Teacher Training
Posted on January 15th, 2010 by ASEE
The Washington Science Teachers’ Association (WSTA) will hold its annual conference, March 12 – 14, 2010. The conference offers opportunities to explore the new science standards revisions and science instructional materials that support the science standards, and to engage with science professionals through workshops, informal networking opportunities, and vendor exhibits.
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Posted on January 10th, 2010 by ASEE
The Science Museum of Virginia is pleased to offer a “week in the field” for teachers interested in teaching environmental science to their students. Workshops are open to teachers of any grade. Workshops are scheduled throughout the year and correlated with the Virginia Standards of Learning.
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Tags: Environmental science, Programs for Teachers, Science museum
Posted on January 8th, 2010 by ASEE
The STEM-Up Initiative, based in the Boyle Heights area of East Los Angeles, is designed to integrate STEM career pathways into schools and local communities. STEM-Up aims to connect 80,000 residents to the surrounding STEM Community, consisting of institutions of higher learning, government agencies, corporations and other organizations.
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Tags: African-American Students, Hispanic Students, Minority Group Engineers, Programs for Families, Programs for Students, Programs for Teachers, Website
Posted on January 5th, 2010 by Jaimie Schock
Teachers interested in the Robert Noyce Teaching Scholarships must write a proposal. The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is hosting a series of outreach workshops to provide information about submitting a proposal to the National Science Foundation (NSF) Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program.
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Posted on January 4th, 2010 by ASEE
The Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program and NSF Teaching Fellowship/Master Teaching Fellowship Track seek to encourage talented science, technology, engineering, and mathematics teachers, majors, and professionals in careers as K-12 mathematics and science teachers. Application deadlines: Letter of Intent, Feb. 09, 2010; Full proposals, March 10, April 07.
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Tags: Engineering, Mathematics, National Science Foundation, Programs for Teachers, Scholarships and Fellowships, Science
Posted on January 4th, 2010 by ASEE
The 2010 Indiana Science Summit will be held Wed., Feb. 3, 2010 at the Eli Lilly and Company Corporate Headquarters in Indianapolis. The Science Summit will focus on the need for a system of sustained professional development to support inquiry-based science education and practical advice and methods for implementing research-based science curriculum.
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Posted on December 29th, 2009 by ASEE
The American Museum of Natural History in New York City offers a number of science workshops and courses for students and teachers alike. Check out the ones coming up this January and February.
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Tags: Events, Grades 2-3, Grades 9-12, Grades Pre K-2, Museum, Programs for Students, Programs for Teachers
Posted on December 24th, 2009 by ASEE
In this 3-day professional development institute at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, middle and high school teachers engage with a global gravity data set to understand how water distribution across the globe is affected by climate change, and learn how NASA scientists gather and interpret data. Dates: Feb. 17, 18, 19, 2010; 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Cost: Free. Application deadline: Jan. 12.
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