STEM Connections

Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics UMass K-12 Connections

University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass)

Sponsored by the  STEM Education Institute

Funded by the  National Science Foundation  GK12 program

STEM Connections is now entering its third year. Once again, ten UMass graduate students in the sciences have been chosen as NSF GK12 Fellows. They will be working with Springfield area middle school Teacher Scholars enrolled in a master’s degree program at UMass. They'll be working in five teams with environmental themes, each consisting of a UMass faculty participant, two Fellows, and one or two Teacher Scholars, on the implementation of authentic research projects with their school students. The first two years in the STEM Connections project involved two cycles with 10 GK12 Fellows, up to 15 Teacher Scholars, and UMass faculty participants, and over the two years, nearly 1000 student scientists.

About STEM CONNECTIONS Project Summary Full project proposal Microsoft Word file News of the day Workshop August 12-16, 2002 UMass News Release on STEM Connections UMass to aid Springfield science Hampshire Gazette article, August 27, 2002 Lab: Young 'scientists' get help from UMass Springfield Union-News article, November 26, 2002 Conference fosters budding scientists Daily Hampshire Gazette News Article, June 5, 2004	Information for Fellows (updated June, 2004) Summer Methods Course June/July 2004 Resources for Fellows Information flyer for prospective Fellows Fellow application form Microsoft Word file Fellow application information packet Microsoft Word file
Research Teams Research Teams home pages (2002-2003) Descriptions of the research projects (2003-2004) The Earth as a Laboratory Global Warming  Growth and Development   The Arsenic Project Bird and Mammal Biology	Information for Teachers Information flyer for prospective teacher participants Application form for for Teacher Scholars State and local inquiry standards and STEM Connections Request for proposals Form to request funding Software, creating web pages    ImageJ, ftp, ... Order form for materials in Word format Order form for materials in pdf format Order form for buses
People STEM Connections People, Aliases, Home Pages  Photo Gallery	Calendars, Agendas Workshop Agenda Revised. July 6, 2004. Stream Flow Project Timeline for participants

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