The W.K. Kellogg Biological Station has long been involved in offering professional development opportunities to held area educators to enhance their curricula with science-based, outdoor learning. Thanks to continued support from the ... Read More
KBS educational, professional development efforts fueled by outreach fellows
KBS science education and outreach fellowships are generously funded by the Michigan State University Graduate School. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Part of the W.K. Kellogg Biological Station's mission is to provide outreach programs that ... Read More
Science Education Fellows for 2018-19
Each year we have science-focused graduate students complete fellowships in K-12 outreach. The KBS Science Education Fellows coordinate the K-12 Partnership workshops, plan and assist with field trips on a variety of topics at KBS, on ... Read More
Meet the Science Education Fellows 2017-2018
The KBS K-12 Partnership runs on the creative energy of graduate students interested in outreach. The 2017-18 Science Education Fellows are: Susan Magnoli PhD Candidate in the Lau Lab, Department of Plant Biology We usually think ... Read More
Summer programs at KBS for teachers
Summer is busy time for everyone at KBS and a great time for K-12 teachers to have authentic research experiences! Each summer we seek funds to provide Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) and an internship for an MSU undergraduate ... Read More
K-12 teachers study ecology and evolution education at KBS
Grass-fed cars, electric fish, and marbles, anyone? Using those tools, on April 18, local K-12 teachers came to KBS for a day of professional development (PD) and learned about ecology and evolution education. Teachers participated from 16 ... Read More
Climate change lesson plans: Exploring the evidence
Climate change is a real phenomenon we can observe. And human activities are the dominant force behind it. Any attempt to obfuscate this reality is politically motivated and is not supported by unequivocal scientific evidence. Here we ... Read More
Antibiotic resistance lesson
The overuse of antibiotics has led to human pathogens that are resistant to many classes of antibiotics, a phenomenon known as antibiotic resistance. A world where most antibiotics are useless against bacterial pathogens is very scary. ... Read More
A story of when critical thinking met data
Often is the question asked, "Is our students data-ing?" According to the Pew Research Center, recent efforts to improve American student's grasp of math and science show some gains, but we still lag behind the majority of developed ... Read More
Meet the 2016-17 K-12 Fellows
The current group of fellows (and their research interests) are listed below. In addition to other work they do for the partnership, they would be happy to visit your classrooms and interact with students. Invite a fellow into your ... Read More
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