¤ Welcome to the ISU GK-12 Project

A partnership between ISU, local industry and local K-12 schools that is improving science education in Southeast Idaho by involving K-12 students in locally relevant science and engineering activities.

Since 2004, this unique partnership has impacted over 3000 local K-12 students, as well as over 30 ISU graduate students and K-12 teachers. Some of these high school students have chosen to go to college and/or become scientists or engineers because of the mentoring provided by their ISU GK-12 fellow.

In class these K-12 students are:

• Creating bacterial fuel cells
• Building award winning robots
• Evaluating the health of the Snake & Portneuf Rivers and tributaries
• Studying the effects of wildfires on local soils
• Studying the probability and effects of Portneuf River flooding

PARTNERS:

The GK-12 program places 11 graduate students from Idaho State University (ISU) into K-12 Science, Math & Engineering for 10 hours per week for an entire school year.

Teacher-Graduate Student partners implement inquiry based science and engineering curricula that are aligned to the state standards.

The GK-12 program supports graduate fellowships, and teacher stipends and participation costs such as supplies.

FUNDING:

The program is funded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Graduate Teaching Fellowships in K-12 (GK-12) program.

Additional support for GK12 projects has been provided by local industry such as $5,000 from AMIs to support the FIRST robotics program in District 25.