Strategies: SCI-TALKS (Supporting Community Initiatives for TeAching, Learning, and Knowing Science)

Information

• NSF Award
• 1031456

Owner

• MARSHALL UNIVERSITY

• Award Id

  1031456

• Award Effective Date

  6/1/2011 - 14 years ago

• Award Expiration Date

  5/31/2016 - 9 years ago

• Award Amount

  $ 1,174,800.00

• Award Instrument

  Continuing grant

SCI-TALKS (Supporting Community Initiatives for Teaching, Learning, and Knowing Science), an ITEST strategies project, is designed to deliver after-school energy and environment (EE) education programs in community settings for rural low-income upper elementary students in West Virginia. The goal of SCI-TALKS is to provide pre-service and in-service teachers with professional development and technology resources to ensure that their students build workforce readiness skills through EE education program. Through guided inquiry, pre-service teachers will focus on developing "science" habits of mind. SCI-TALKS will impact 300 students and 88 educators. The project will foster the local community connections to implement the program effectively.<br/><br/>SCI-TALKS will utilize two primary sources for curriculum: 1) the National Energy Education Development energy curriculum to support Appalachian students and teachers on the necessity of proper stewardship of energy and its use and 2) PASCO Elementary School Introductory Science Experiments with PASCO's SPARK system probeware to provide students with tools to collect authentic measurements, design experiments, and develop a sense of scientific curiosity about their world. Pre and post test data will be collected on student outcomes and compared to the data from the comparison groups. Active partnerships with local STEM industry, managed regionally by the Workforce Investment Board, will be maintained. The evaluation of the SCI-TALKS project will be conducted by an external evaluator with expertise in evaluation of after-school programs.

• Program Officer

  Julie Johnson

• Min Amd Letter Date

  5/27/2011 - 14 years ago

• Max Amd Letter Date

  5/21/2013 - 12 years ago

• ARRA Amount

• Name

  Marshall University Research Corporation

• City

  Huntington

• State

  WV

• Country

  United States

• Address

  One John Marshall Dr.

• Postal Code

  257550002

• Phone Number

  3046964837

• First Name

  Brittan

• Last Name

  Hallar

• Email Address

  bhallar@researchforaction.org

• Start Date

  5/27/2011 12:00:00 AM

• First Name

  Brenda

• Last Name

  Wilson

• Email Address

  wilsonbr@wvstateu.edu

• Start Date

  5/27/2011 12:00:00 AM

• First Name

  Todd

• Last Name

  Ensign

• Email Address

  todd.ensign@ivv.nasa.gov

• Start Date

  5/27/2011 12:00:00 AM

• First Name

  Tina

• Last Name

  Cartwright

• Email Address

  tina.cartwright@marshall.edu

• Start Date

  5/27/2011 12:00:00 AM

• Text

  ITEST

• Code

  7227

• Text

  EXP PROG TO STIM COMP RES

• Code

  9150

• Text

  EXP PROG TO STIM COMP RES

• Code

  9150

• Text

  ELEMENTARY/SECONDARY EDUCATION

• Code

  9177

• Text

  SCIENCE, MATH, ENG & TECH EDUCATION