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Home | K-12 Partnership
Data Nuggets Fellow Samson Stynen speaks to a room full of educators seated at round tables.

Science communication and data literacy: Reflections on my fellowship with Data Nuggets 

05.19.25

As a first-year graduate student moving from Reno, Nevada, I had some hesitation about whether I’d find connections in Michigan or at the W.K. Kellogg Biological Station. I never expected that one of my strongest connections would be with ... Read More

Head shot portrait of Kara Haas.

Haas wins community engagement award for her work with K-12 educators

03.28.25

Kara Haas, W.K. Kellogg Biological Station KBS K-12 outreach and education coordinator, has been honored with an award from the Michigan State University Office of University Outreach and Engagement. The Graduate Student Award for ... Read More

From left: Isabela Borges, Kara Haas, and Robin Waterman observe a monarch butterfly that landed on Isabela's palm.

To teach and learn together: KBS K-12 Partnership marks 25 years of professional development programs

12.18.24

In 1998, KBS and MSU faculty Phil Robertson, Kay Gross and Mike Klug responded to a K-12 supplement request from the National Science Foundation, or NSF. They wrote, “To supplement our project, ‘Organisms in the Agricultural Landscape’…we ... Read More

Head shot portrait of Ayley Shortridge.

Meet the 2023-24 KBS science education and outreach fellows

08.31.23

Meet the team that will work together this year to develop programs like the KBS K-12 Partnership and collaborate on outreach programming at the Kellogg Bird Sanctuary, MSU and in local communities! The focus of the W.K. Kellogg Biological ... Read More

Educators use markers and sticky notes to add ideas to a poster, hanging on the wall of the auditorium at the W.K. Kellogg Biological Station.

June 20-22 | KBS K-12 Partnership Summer Institute

05.31.23

Teachers and informal educators of K-12 students are invited to engage in science teaching professional development this summer at the W.K. Kellogg Biological Station. The basics Time and date: 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Tuesday through ... Read More

Autumn view of the Academic Building at the W.K. Kellogg Biological Station.

Meet the 2023 KBS Science Education and Outreach Fellows

09.12.22

Meet the team that will work together over the next year to develop programs like the KBS K-12 Partnership, Exploring with Scientists and more! The focus of the W.K. Kellogg Biological Station Science Education and Outreach Fellows is to ... Read More

Portrait of Joelyn de Lima.

Visiting home: Joelyn de Lima on her enduring connections to KBS

08.19.22

For me, becoming a visiting researcher at KBS was like visiting home. In addition to having a professional connection to KBS, I have a deeply personal connection as well. My husband was a graduate student here, and so this was where I ... Read More

Jake Nalley, wearing an "I love algae" T-shirt, looks on as four people seated at a table use droppers to add liquid to milk jugs.

KBS K-12 Summer Institute a homecoming for KBS alum Jake Nalley

07.22.22

Area educators gathered at the W.K. Kellogg Biological Station on June 20 to learn all about algae. Dr. Jake Nalley, a KBS alumnus who once studied algae at the Station, returned to co-lead the program. The Summer Algae Science Institute ... Read More

K-12 students work with algae in a laboratory.

Monday, June 20 | Summer Algae Science Institute

06.14.22

Teachers: Join us for the Summer Algae Science Institute, or SASI! Summer Algae Science Institute This is an intensive hands-on workshop to experience the Algae Foundation's Algae Academy curriculum. The Algae Academy is a free K-12, ... Read More

Waterman at field site in 2019 with the smartweed, lady’s thumb (Persicaria maculosa)

Meet the KBS graduate students supporting outreach and science education

02.04.22

Meet the team that works together to create programs like the KBS K-12 Partnership, Exploring with Scientists and more! Our focus is to share science in meaningful ways with K-12 educators, students and families. Read on to meet Elizeth, ... Read More

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