, collaborating with community partners, received a grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) to fund “EXPANDING CONNECTIONS IN SCIENCE EDUCATION”. The project seeks to strengthen K-12 science education in Ashland, Holmes, and Wayne Counties by establishing a central location to coordinate outreach activities, developing an Educational Partnership, and coordinating a Teacher-Scholar Program.

Project Partners:

The outreach project is coordinated and supported by the Wooster Science Education Center (WSEC) and includes the educational partnership developed by the Partnerships in Science Committee (PSC). The PSC, composed of local educators and scientists, oversees a professional development program to help teachers in 3^rd- 6^th grades understand the underlying content in the new Ohio science standards, access and use effective teaching strategies, and share information and results with other teachers. Science Education Workshops for local teachers will be offered in the summers of 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008.

The Teacher-Scholar Program (TSP), also coordinated by the WSEC, pairs COW students with classroom teachers to assist with science activities.

NEWS:

The Wooster Science Education Center was awarded additional funding for its summer workshop by teh Martha Holden Jennings Foundation. The support will provide partial funding for teh additional of third grade teachers.

The 2008 Workshop, "The Scientific Process: Design Through Inquiry and Technology" will accept approximately 13 teachers from each of four grade levels (3-6). A waiting list has been started for third grade, but a few spots are still open for teachers in grade 4. Click here for an application

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