Science Education Resources and Equipment Library

University Of California-Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz CA

Investigators

Abstract

I propose to initiate a lending program to share science resources and equipment with pre-service and in-service teachers and schools in the Monterey Bay region. K-12 teachers have a great need for access to scientific equipment and for support in using scientific equipment in their teaching. The University of California Santa Cruz (UCSC) is well positioned to increase the access of regional schools to its own scientific equipment through its outreach wing, the Educational Partnership Center (EPC), and its Division of Natural Sciences. My Post-doctoral Fellowship in Science, Math, Engineering, and Technology Education (PFSMETE) involved the acquisition of a basic set of scientific equipment useful for various kinds of environmental monitoring by K-12 students. The lending program I propose would use this existing equipment to provide follow-up support for teachers with whom I worked on environmental monitoring projects during my post-doctoral fellowship. It would also serve as a seed project for a larger university-based equipment-sharing programs.