Sentences with phrase «precollege science»

Meeting Tuesday at NIH for the first time, the new panel's members heard presentations from outside organizations working to improve precollege science education across the nation.

But Clyde Yancy thinks he still has a few cards to play in tackling the politically sensitive question of whether the National Institutes of Health (NIH) should wade into the swirling waters of precollege science education.

These focus on harnessing the wisdom of teachers, helping the business community promote new directions in precollege science education, and — last but not least — catalyzing major changes in the way we teach college - level science.

«To make precollege science and math teaching more competitive with other career opportunities, resources must be provided to compensate teachers of mathematics, science, and technology comparably to similarly trained S&E professionals in other economic sectors,» Challenge declares.

America's precollege science and math education is mediocre enough to threaten the nation's continued scientific supremacy in today's «changed world» of globalized science, warns Science and Engineering Indicators 2006, NSB's latest biennial report on the state of the nation's research enterprise, which was released in February.

To this end we (1) partner with precollege science teachers to develop and produce innovative Internet - based curriculum supplement materials focused on genetics, biotechnology, and bioethics; (2) update and expand teachers» knowledge in these areas through professional development programs; and (3) engage precollege students in science enrichment experiences.

Not exact matches

Participants can choose from a variety of options — writing, science, math, computers, leadership and precollege.

core curriculum issues by improving the precollege curriculum to ensure students are prepared for college - level science and mathematics courses, and changes to college - level core courses to ensure students are well prepared to complete higher level courses

Many minority students receive little exposure to the earth and space sciences in precollege or undergraduate curricula and have few opportunities to participate in research in these fields as college students.

AGU will also initiate opportunities for bringing teachers and science students from Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs), 2 - year colleges and precollege programs serving underrepresented communities to its annual meetings, in order to expose them to research and career opportunities in the earth and space sciences.

Last year, NIH even eliminated its tiny Office of Science Education, and it took an act of Congress to preserve the Science Education Partnership Awards (SEPA), NIH's sole program aimed at precollege students.

The panel's relatively fuzzy charge from NIH Director Francis Collins is to «optimize NIH's precollege programs» so that they «both align with the NIH mission and ensure a continued pipeline of biomedical science students and professionals.»

The new executive director of the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) has never taught science at the precollegeScience Teachers Association (NSTA) has never taught science at the precollegescience at the precollege level.