Upcoming Events
& Deadlines
August 11-15th, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
GK-12 Summer Workshop
Biology Building at ISU
Directions & more info will be mailed to participants in early August.
August 12-13th
LEGO League Workshop
FREE to interested teachers
Time and location, TBA
Please email Mike Ellis at ellimikl@isu.edu for more information.
CONTACT US:
Hannah Sanger
Program Coordinator
ISU Faculty:
Dr. Rosemary Smith
Biological Sciences
Program Director
Mike Ellis
Engineering
Co-Director
Dr. Jeff Hill
Biological Sciences
Co-Director
Dr. Larry Stout
Engineering
Co-Director
Dr. Glenn Thackray
Geosciences
Dr. Scott Hughes
Geosciences
Dr. Cathy Kriloff
Mathematics
CURRENT FELLOWS:
Sid Blackmore
Jennifer Cannon
Maurita Jones
Ian Kihara
Esther Kingsbury
Erin Naegle
Pam O'Hearn
Susan Parsons
Nicole Sheeley
Chris Smith
Nicole Wisniewski
CURRENT TEACHERS:
Doris Autenrieth
T. Paul Davids
Sharie Ellis
Norris Ganstrom
Jean Hancock
Deb Hobdey
Marilyn Mikkelson
Staci Orr
Lynette Smith
Cara Sonnemann
Carri Thomason
Maria Wilson
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Recent Activities & Highlights
Current and 2008-2009 mingled informally at a pot-luck bbq at Rosemary Smith and Rick William's house. It was a great opportunity to 'pass the baton.'
Congratulations to the GK-12 Fellows
who completed their graduate degrees in 2007 - 2008
Matt Alexander, MS in Chemistry
Sid Blackmore, MS in Biological Sciences
Brandon Briggs, MS in Biological Sciences
Pete Coates, PhD in Biological Sciences
Jessica Hopkins, DA in Biological Sciences
Victor Godfrey, MS in Engineering
Maurita Jones, MS in Chemistry
Jason Jones, MS in Biological Sciences
Esther Kingsbury, MS in Geological Sciences
Jack Shurley, PhD in Biological Sciences
Katie Miller, MS in Biological Sciences
Sarra Moller, MS in Biological Sciences
Kira Pontius, MS in Biological Sciences
Milana Michalek, MS in Geological Sciences
Steve Seiler, PhD in Biological Sciences
Congratulations to the 2007-2008 GK-12 teachers and fellows
who received at total of $37,000 in external funding
to carryout GK-12 related projects:
- Deb Hobdey, Sharie Ellis, Jennifer Cannon and the D25 Robotics Team: $5,000 from AMIs/ON Semiconductor
- Marilyn Mikkelson, Chris Smith and the Marsh Valley Robotics Team: $1,000 from Glock
- The Marsh Valley and Pocatello Robotics Teams: $24,000 from the INL for team expenses.
- Marilyn Mikkelson, Chris Smith and the Marsh Valley Robotics Team: $2,000 for classroom equipment
- Norris Ganstrom and Sid Blackmore: $1,200 from the Highland Education Foundation for electronics supplies
- Doris Autenrieth and Nicole Sheeley: $3,375 from the Pocatello Education Foundation for probeware and T.I. calculators
- Doris Autenrieth and Nicole Sheeley: $370 from Simplot for an electronic balance
Program Outreach and Partnerships
Over 10 articles on GK-12 activities were published in the Idaho State Journal this past year, along with several TV spots on local stations.
Six local businesses and government agencies were significant partners of ISU's GK-12 program during the 2007 - 2008 year, volunteering countless hours and providing much expertise to enhance the activities in GK-12 classrooms:
City of Pocatello
Pocatello Zoo
Idaho Museum of Natural History
Idaho National Laboratory
AMIs/ON Semiconductor
Simplot
Recent publications of science activities developed during a GK-12 Partnership:
Ray, A. M. and P. M. Beardsley. 2008. Using aquatic plants to study photosynthesis in the classroom. Science Activities 45:13-22.
http://www.heldref.org/satoc.php
Briggs, Brandon; Terri Mitton, Tim Magnuson, and Rosemary Smith. 2008. Teaching cellular respiration and alternate energy sources with a laboratory exercise developed by a scientist-teacher partnership. American Biology Teacher, available soon online!.
Transitions
Dr. Larry Stout, a co-PI on the GK-12 grant, has accepted a new position with the Army Defense in Maryland. We wish him the best and will miss his engineering and partnership-building expertise.
Hannah Sanger, the GK-12 Project Coordinator, will leave her position in June. She played a major role in the many successes of the project. We will miss her ability to keep all the participants on track. A search for her replacement has begun -- please consider referring qualified applicants to the position (www.isu.edu/humanr).
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