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Duke-NCSU Engineering Teaching Fellows In GK-12
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Fellows Program Team Duke PI Gary A. Ybarra,
Ph.D. Director of Undergraduate Studies,
ECE NCSU PI Laura J. Bottomley, Ph.D.
Director of Women in Engineering Duke Co-PI
Michael R. Gustafson, Ph.D. Adjunct Assistant
Professor Program Managers Elizabeth A.
Parry, Co-Owner of Science Surround Judy D.
Elson, Director of RTSMP Ivy D. Ast, Assistant
Director of RTSMP RTSMP Research Triangle
Science and Math Partnership
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Program Vision
The mission of the Duke-NCSU Teaching Fellows
Program is to promote passionate interest in
science, math, engineering and technology.
Our vision is to make a long-term impact on the
number of students, particularly women and
under-represented groups, who choose to pursue
science oriented careers. The teachers in our
program learn new ways to integrate science and
math into all aspects of the N.C. standard course
of study.
By placing graduate and undergraduate engineering
students in N.C. elementary and middle schools to
assist in the teaching of science related
topics, we provide a valuable resource of
expertise and enthusiasm for science.
We believe that science can be found in every
required and elective topic in the N.C. GK-12
curriculum, and this is one of our most useful
tools to promote interest in science.
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About the Teaching Fellows

• Graduate students earn 18k per year
• Undergraduates earn 5k per year
• Each Fellow spends 10 hours per week at their
  school
• 2000-2001
• Duke has 6 graduate 12 undergraduate fellows
• NCSU has 2 graduate and 4 undergraduate fellows

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What do the Fellows do?
Goal Team teaching SMET in a hands-on,
integrative manner.

• Develop inquiry-based learning activities to
  reinforce lesson concepts
• Research content and integration methods
• Utilize and share best science and math teaching
  practices and methods
• Serve as a source of SMET expertise

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Partnership Schools
Bethel Hill Charter Elementary
E.K. Powe Elementary
Durham School of the Arts
Central Elementary
Washington Elementary
Githens Middle School
Montessori Childrens House of Durham
Centennial Middle School
A.B. Combs Elementary
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Kathy Barcus uses her Civil Engineering
background to help students make
gumdrop-and-toothpick bridges
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Students design, build and test their marshmallow
catapults
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Chrissie Merdes and her students explore the
weight pulling capacity of a common beetle
(Washington Science Night 2000)
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James Greengrass explains how a chemical reaction
between metal and Sprite produces electricity
to run a digital clock.
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Dr. Bottomley shares information about fossils
with this young paleontologist (Washington
Science Night 2000)
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Natalie Wild and fellow geneticists explore
nucleotides and codons.
(Washington Science Night 2000)
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What We Need from Hewlett-Packard
1 12 Vectra Computer systems to be used by the
Teaching Fellows to develop multimedia
lessons using Dreamweaver, Fireworks and Flash.
For examples please see our webpage at
http//kepler.egr.duke.edu/NSF 2 6 HP
Omnibook 6000 laptop computers to be used by the
Engineering

Teaching Fellows to deliver multimedia lessons at
the partnership schools. 3 Boxlite Projector
MP 355m 4,500 and Cannon DZ-3600 Document
Camera 4,770 to be used by the Engineering
Teaching Fellows to deliver multimedia lessons
at the partnership schools. 4 Funding for 4
additional undergraduate Teaching Fellows for 3
years 5k per Ugrad. (per year). These
students would be recognized as HP
Engineering Teaching Fellows.