NSF GK-12 Educational Activities and Future Directions This program is based upon collaborative work supported by a National Science Foundation Grant No ; Colorado State University, Thomas Chen, Principal Investigator, Michael A. De Miranda and Stuart Tobet Co-Principal Investigators. Any opinions, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

You are Part of an Award Winning Team! This program is based upon collaborative work supported by a National Science Foundation Grant No ; Colorado State University, Thomas Chen, Principal Investigator, Michael A. De Miranda and Stuart Tobet Co-Principal Investigators. Any opinions, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

Educational Activities – Translating Research in to New Classroom Content Project PI team meetings with school Principals and key stakeholders each semester Fellows and teachers co-planning in CSU research labs during summer and getting ready for the school year

Ed ucational Activities – Teacher and Fellow Curriculum Innovations Lesson plans /presentations- 32 Inquiry and design labs – 37 Engineering Inquiry & Design Project – Longitudinal Teams Universal Lessons and videos “Implementing a Junior Fellow Project: Overview "Introduction to Migration" "Introduction to Mathematical Modeling" "Introduction to Electrochemistry" “Introduction to Sensors”

Educational Activities – Inquiry/Design Project Implemented an inventive multi- disciplinary Junior Fellows research experience project Over 73 high school students participated 12 research teams lead by Junior Fellows, Mentored by CSU Fellows

Educational Activities – Projects Junior Fellows and teams were challenged to solve a cross disciplinary problem that mirrored the GK-12 project research

Educational Activities – Projects Fellows and teachers co-developed four universal lesson Project overview video Instructional videos – 4 Student inquiry labs Enduring understanding note pages and worksheets Teacher guide and instructions for implementation and project overview video

Educational Activities – Capstone Activity Students Presented Research Posters at CSU Annual Explore Engineering Day Attended by Teachers Parents CSU Faculty Guests

Educational Activities – Student Assessment – Pre-Post Test

Educational Activities – Student Assessment – Pre-Post Test Results Students who engaged in the whole and mature integrated STEM inquiry and engineering design problem significantly different treatment effects on post test compared to pre test scores Applied Conceptual Connections, d=.41 Applied Conceptual Understanding d=.41 Problem Solving Sophistication d=.39

Educational Activities – Outreach GK-12 students and teachers participated in Annual ISTeC High School Day Industry sponsored Workshops Contests Education and industry fair Additional planning and team building for teachers, fellows and students

Educational Activities – Outreach National CSU GK-12 project selected to present workshop at Annual GK- 12 National Conference Fellows and teachers collaborated to present interdisciplinary Junior Fellow Project Over 45 fellows and teachers from other GK-12 projects attended Participants received DVD on how to implement project Including lessons, timelines, surveys, Junior Fellow application forms, and assessment rubrics

Educational Activities – Outreach International CSU GK-12 fellows travel to Slovenia and meet with teachers Teachers from Slovenia begin to use lesson, labs, and projects on CSU GK-12 website Fellows participate in Skype with Slovenian teachers Cooperation continuing and ongoing to build teacher-to- teacher bridges

Educational Activities - Industry Summer workshop and planning weeks that included industry tour to Avago Technologies where teachers and fellows were walked through the microchip fabrication process.

Educational Activities – Future Directions Build on our continued effort to bring new STEM content into our classrooms Strengthen teacher-to-teacher connections with Pueblo Central High School teachers Strengthen teacher-to-teacher connections with Slovenia School teachers Expand multi-teacher trans- disciplinary inquiry and design projects that; Engage students in complex inquiry and design problems that require integration of co-dependent knowledge construction and fusion Teachers using content border- crossings to “connect content dots” New STEM learning progression Additional student assessment of newly learned STEM content