This one-day workshop will provide teachers with visits and interactions in the Research Station fields with faculty and graduate students involved with research on different varieties of plants. The morning will be filled with discussions, site visits, and activities exploring the research happening at the Center. The afternoon will be spent in the classroom doing…
The Science House in the College of Sciences and the STEM Education Department in the College of Education are excited to offer this new professional development opportunity to high school science teachers in western North Carolina. Supporting the Implementation of Modeling Instruction in Rural Schools (SIMIRS) is a National Science Foundation (NSF) Discovery Research PreK-12 (DRK-12) project…
In this workshop, we will engage in activities you can use in the classroom and include applications to various real-world problems. Topics will include logic (e.g., constructing truth tables, critiquing logical arguments), graph theory (e.g., DNA sequencing, directed graphs and adjacency matrices), and matrix applications (e.g., Markov chains). The following NC mathematics standards may be…
This one-day workshop will provide teachers with visits and interactions in the Central Crops Research Station fields with faculty and graduate students involved with research on different varieties of corn, soybeans, and sweet potatoes. The morning will be filled with discussions, site visits, and activities exploring the research happening at the Central Crops Station. The…
This five-day-long workshop for biology teachers will provide hands-on training in basic recombinant DNA technology and synthetic biology. Workshop participants will employ mini-versions of standard laboratory equipment to implement a series of molecular and synthetic biology methods to generate a recombinant DNA construct. The techniques covered in the workshop include plasmid DNA isolation, gel electrophoresis,…
Grade Level(s): High School Date(s): Monday, August 14, 2023 - 9am to 5pm Location: Riddick Hall on NC State Campus (2401 Stinson Drive) - Pickup and Dropoff will be from the Riddick Hearth (the common room on the 3rd floor) Cost: FREE!! Description: Are you, or do you know, a high school girl interested in this question: “What is physics,…
Grade Level(s): K-12 Date(s): September 7, 2023 (9:00 AM - 3:00 PM) Location: Mountain Horticultural Crops Research & Ext. Center, 455 Research Drive, Mills River, NC 28759 Cost: $65 Description: K-12 Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics teachers, what do you need to boost the STEM curriculum in your schools? How about free access to technology, resources, and lab materials for…