The goal of the National Science Foundation sponsored “GK12 Connections in the Classroom:  Molecules to Muscles” (GK12) at The University of Southern Mississippi is to improve graduate fellows’ communication and teaching skills.  This is achieved through partnership with local high school science teachers.  Graduate fellows work with lead teachers to develop lessons based upon their current research.  Fellows employ the “Five E” methodology to develop and deliver instruction and laboratories with content based on their own research findings.  The lessons are designed to engage students in experiments with relevance to the world around them and that address national science standards.  Successful research-based classroom lessons will be highlighted.  The graduate fellows also learn different approaches to communicate to non-scientific audiences and to relate research advances in a way that is relevant to high school students.  Initiatives implemented to improve fellows’ scientific communication skills are comprised of a series of talks developed and presented by fellows to different audiences. These include two classroom activities, a scientific research update, a research summary presentation, and external presentations at education and scientific conferences. This presentation will highlight successful tools used to develop high school lesson plans/activities and targeted activities to improve the graduate fellows’ communication skills. <br/> <br/>

Developing polymer and chemistry research lessons for the high school classroom – NSF GK-12 at The University of Southern Mississippi<br />
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249th National Meeting (2015)

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Developing polymer and chemistry research lessons for the high school classroom – NSF GK-12 at The University of Southern Mississippi<br /> <br />