Outreach
I direct an NSF-funded GK-12 program called SPICE (Science Partners in Inquiry-based Collaborative Education). We pair graduate students with middle school teachers and train them to teach science in a way that will excite kids and turn them onto science. We do so through inquiry-based lessons that empower kids to become scientists, themselves. Science becomes exploratory rather than a collection of stale facts. Equally important, SPICE improves communication and partnership skills of graduate students, who we hope will remain active in outreach activities for the rest of their careers.
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