Math & Science Graduate Fellows in K-12 Education

The goal of the GK-12 project is to educate, train and interest science and mathematics graduate students to become better teachers and communicators of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) with K-12 teachers, students, and the public.

Fellows work with UMD faculty, staff and K-12 teachers to define the needs and limitations for improving STEM teaching in K-12 classrooms, creating a variety of innovative, inquiry-based STEM exercises and projects that will take advantage of the expertise and interests of the fellows.

UMD's GK-12 program currently partners with the departments of Geological sciences, Biological Sciences, Chemistry and Mathematics (see "How to Apply" at left for more details). Our first two years of the program have gotten us off to great start with 20 teacher/fellow teams in four Duluth area schools, to read more about them see the "Teacher-Fellow Teams" link to the left.

For an overview of our GK-12 project objectives, click here

To find out how our fellows supported the 2009 NE Regional Science Fair, click here.

• To see a summary of Harbor City High School's January 2008 student trip to Death Valley to study geology, click here.