Outreach and Professional Development

See the box to the right about current Teachers as Scholars Offerings from us.

Looking for professional development that links technology and science content?

Please visit the CSMCE for more information! The Center for Mathematics, Science, and Computer Education has been providing opportunities for NJ teachers for over 20 years.

Program in Science Learning Outreach:

In an effort to provide teachers with the opportunity to explore authentic science, we are actively involved in professional development initiatives, including Teachers as Scholars and the Food Systems Consortium's Summer Institute. The Summer Institute is one example of how teachers can be linked to research.

Faculty interested in linking teacher professional development to their research/grant initiatives, please contact us. 

Other outreach:

Rebecca Jordan:
Wilde Lake Middle School Science Mentorship:

I serve as a science mentor on the cichlid research projects at Wilde Lake Middle School in Columbia, MD. Several exceptional students under the guidance of Bob Keddell are participating in a program entitled Aqua Havens for Education. The program, founded by Mr. Keddell involves after school, over the summer, and some during the school day participation of the students and sometimes their families. With help from several organizations such as Toshiba America Foundation, Tool Factory, Inc., the Horizon Foundation, Artificial Reefs, Inc., and the Baltimore State Aquarium, the students devote their energy toward building and maintaining aquaria, designing and undertaking research projects, and publishing their findings on web-pages that they have designed. Through email and the occasional visit, I am serving as a mentor for projects with both Malawian and Tanganyikan cichlids.

Other projects: As part of my interests in environmental education, I am also involved in outreach projects that are worth looking into:

Jane Goodall Institute’s Roots & Shoots

Global Eco Journey

Upcoming Programs

Teachers as Scholars.

Fall 2008 will focus on combining biological, physical, and social science to examine how ocean science and the collection of real-time data can be used to teach about technology, society, and the nature of science through inquiry (NJCCS: 5.1,5.2, 5.4, 5.5., and 5.8).

Three Tuesday sessions (Oct 7, Nov 11, and Dec 16).
9:30 to 2:30 at Waller Hall, Cook Campus.
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Session 1: virtual classrooms
Dr. Jory Weintraub, National Science Foundation’s National Evolutionary Synthesis Center.

Session 2: Fishery data
Dr. Josh Kohut, Marine Sciences, Rutgers University

Session 3: Rutgers Coastal Ocean Observation Lab (Cool) Classroom
Janice McDonell