Resources for Faculty

Resources for Faculty

Seeking a Collaborator?  Contact Jim at jim.dorward@usu.edu or search the College of Education and Human Services Faculty Profiles.

 

USU Seed Grants:  http://research.usu.edu/htm/grants_funding

 

The Foundation Center has a database of current funding opportunities through businesses and non-profits.

 

Database of Measures of Teachers' Mathematics/Science Content Knowledge:  http://www.mspkmd.net/instruments/index.php

 

Database of STEM Knowledge and Trends: 

http://www.nsf.gov/nsb/sei/edTool/edTool.html 

 

National Organizations:

   

STEM Education Coalition:  http://www.stemedcoalition.org/

 

Association of Public and Land-grant Universities Science and Mathematics Teacher Imperative:  www.teacher-imperative.org

     

   

Journal of STEM Education:  http://ojs.jstem.org/index.php?journal=JSTEM

     

   

Center for Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning:  http://www.cirtl.net/mission.html

     

   

Report to Congress on STEM Education: http://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL33434.pdf

   

 

NASA/NSF Initiative:  http://education.nasa.gov/divisions/higher/overview/F_One_Giant_Step_STEM_Education.html

   

National Governors Association:  http://education.nasa.gov/divisions/higher/overview/F_One_Giant_Step_STEM_Education.html

   

National Science Digital Library Resources on STEM:  http://nsdl.org/collection/stem-education/

 

CareerWISE - Information for Women in Science and Engineering:  http://careerwise.asu.edu

 

Local STEM Organizations:

   

University of Massachusetts STEM Institute:  http://k12s.phast.umass.edu/stem/

     

   

Virginia Tech STEM Education program:  http://teched.vt.edu/TE/STEM.html

     

   

Maryland State Department of Education:  http://www.marylandpublicschools.org/MSDE/programs/stem/

     

   

Penn State STEM Strategic Planning Committee Report:  http://www.ed.psu.edu/educ/for-current-faculty-and-staff/strategic-plan-folder/stem-studyte/STEM%20Educ%20Team%20Report%20draft.pdf

     

   

Battelle Memorial Institute/Gates Foundation STEM Initiative:  http://www.battelle.org/spotlight/1-30-08stem.aspx

     

   

Northeastern University STEM Center:  http://www.stem.neu.edu/programs.htm

 

National Reports:

 

Carnegie Corporation of New York and the Institute for Advanced Study Commission on Mathematics and Science Education report "The Opportunity Equation:  Transforming Mathematics and Science Education for Citizenship and the Global Economy":   http://www.opportunityequation.org/

 

STEM Education Newsletter:

 

The Radical Platypus has a variety of future-oriented reports and resource links on STEM topics.

 

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