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 and Mathematics (see "How to Apply" at left for more details). Our first year is off to a great start with 9 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 about other GK-12 programs, funded by the National Science Foundation, click here.

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