NSF Org:	DGE Division Of Graduate Education
Recipient:	OHIO UNIVERSITY
Initial Amendment Date:	March 14, 2006
Latest Amendment Date:	April 30, 2008
Award Number:	0538588
Award Instrument:	Continuing Grant
Program Manager:	Sonia Ortega DGE  Division Of Graduate Education EDU  Directorate for STEM Education
Start Date:	May 1, 2006
End Date:	April 30, 2011 (Estimated)
Total Intended Award Amount:	$1,679,396.00
Total Awarded Amount to Date:	$1,679,396.00
Funds Obligated to Date:	FY 2006 = $565,217.00 FY 2007 = $552,798.00 FY 2008 = $561,381.00
History of Investigator:	Chang Liu (Principal Investigator) liuc@ohio.edu David Chelberg (Co-Principal Investigator) Teresa Franklin (Co-Principal Investigator)
Recipient Sponsored Research Office:	Ohio University 1 OHIO UNIVERSITY ATHENS OH  US  45701-2979 (740)593-2857
Sponsor Congressional District:	12
Primary Place of Performance:	Ohio University 1 OHIO UNIVERSITY ATHENS OH  US  45701-2979
Primary Place of Performance Congressional District:	12
Unique Entity Identifier (UEI):	LXHMMWRKN5N8
Parent UEI:
NSF Program(s):	GRAD TEACHING FELLOWS IN K-12
Primary Program Source:	app-0106  app-0406  app-0407  04000809DB NSF Education & Human Resource
Program Reference Code(s):	7179, 9179, SMET
Program Element Code(s):	717900
Award Agency Code:	4900
Fund Agency Code:	4900
Assistance Listing Number(s):	47.076

ABSTRACT



This proposal describes a Track 1 project developed by Ohio University in partnership with rural Appalachian Middle Schools. The STEAM (Science and Technology Enrichment for Appalachian Middle school students) project aims to broaden graduate education for engineering students at Ohio University and improve learning in science courses for middle school students at six surrounding middle school. The project seeks to improve Graduate Fellow communication, instruction, and teamwork skills; improve middle school student academic performance in science and mathematics; increase middle school student interests in science, mathematics, and technology; and refresh science teacher s technology knowledge. To accomplish these goals, K-12 teachers and Fellows will develop digital curricular content involving novel technologies, which will be ready for other middle school science teachers to use in their science classroom. In the process, the success of Fellows will be showcased to the University community, which will foster cultural change in the institution towards the recognition of the irreplaceable benefits of GK-12-style community service learning.

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