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University of Massachusetts > UMass Amherst STEM
The following programs are STEM initiatives of UMass Amherst:
| Nanotechnology for Teachers |
The UMass Nanotechnology Summer Institute for Teachers, sponsored by the National Science Foundation, will explore the basic science and engineering concepts of this exciting new field and will illustrate how they may be integrated into the usual math, science and technology courses in middle schools and high schools. The content and pedagogy will be aligned with the Massachusetts Science and Technology/Engineering Framework. During the institute, participants will begin to develop curriculum units for their own classes. They will complete and implement these in the fall and report on their progress and results at the two Saturday sessions. |
| STEM Adventures@Umass |
http://k12s.phast.umass.edu/adventures/ is sponsored by the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education Institute at UMass Amherst. The Science Outreach Club and the Girl Scouts of Montachusett Council, Inc. engage in experiments of physics and chemistry. Under the Amazing Physics, Chemistry Fun, global warming and exploring under the sea plate Tectonics are among the different programs offered. |
| STEM Bridge for Noyce Scholars |
The National Science Foundation STEM Bridge for Noyce Scholarship program seeks to encourage talented science, technology, engineering, and mathematics majors and professionals to become K-12 mathematics and science teachers. The program provides $500,000 over three years to support scholarships, stipends, and programs for students who commit to teaching in high-need schools. Specifically, they must agree to teach two years in such a school for every year they receive funding. The school may be anywhere in the United States. |
| STEM Earth Central |
The STEM Earth Central, funded by NASA and by UMass Amherst, is designed to promote the teaching of concepts and processes articulated in the Earth and Space Science strand of the Massachusetts Science and Technology/ Engineering Framework in the middle and high school. It includes a two-week summer institute and academic year online discussion forums, and features a variety of proven techniques for effective teaching, including inquiry-based teaching, cooperative learning, and methods for formative assessment of student learning. |
| STEM Ed |
STEM Education Institute. Improve K16 education by fostering interactions among school and college faculty interested in outreach, teacher improvement, educational research, and curriculum development. (Broker/facilitator). |
| STEM Rays |
STEM RAYS, a program funded by the National Science Foundation Academies for Young Scientists, provides science research programs for grade 4-8 students in after-school and summer programs. University of Massachusetts is the lead partner. Other partners are Greenfield Community College and the county's eight school districts plus local businesses and informal science organizations. STEM RAYS connects students and teachers with five ongoing interdisciplinary environmental research programs, providing them with authentic science experiences and interactions with scientists, engineers, and college and graduate students from UMassAmherst, GCC, and Smith College. Students and teachers will collect and analyze data relevant to these environmental research efforts. |
STEM Connections
| 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.
| IPY STEM Polar Connections
| Funded by NSF and by UMass Amherst, STEM Polar Connections is designed to promote the teaching of science concepts and processes related to the Polar Regions and to emphasize connections to State and National Science Standards for the middle and high school. It includes a one-week summer institute and academic year online discussion forums, and features a variety of proven techniques for effective teaching, including inquiry-based teaching, cooperative learning, and methods for formative assessment of student learning. Participants will be expected to use selected materials in their classrooms and also to aid in the dissemination program. July 14-18, 2008.
| Nanotechnology for Teachers
| The UMass Nanotechnology Summer Institute for Teachers, sponsored by the National Science Foundation, will explore the basic science and engineering concepts of this exciting new field and will illustrate how they may be integrated into the usual math, science and technology courses in middle schools and high schools. The content and pedagogy will be aligned with the Massachusetts Science and Technology/Engineering Framework. During the institute, participants will begin to develop curriculum units for their own classes. They will complete and implement these in the fall and report on their progress and results at the two Saturday sessions.
| STEMTEC
| STEMTEC - The Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Teacher Education Collaborative.
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