K-12 Partnership Newsletters

Spring 2010

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September 2007

February 2007

News Articles

Vicksburg got funding for Environment club's recycling program. Read about it here!

Plainwell Science Night Featured in the Kalamazoo Gazette

Check out the GK-12 Plot Set-Up Schedule, overview, and pictures!

3/08. Lawton Community Schools Newsletter. Read about the work of GK-12 Fellow Lauren Kinsman and her partner teachers Sue Zygadlo and Marcia Angle

Barr, K. 11/12/07. The Science of Partnership: Martin Students Team with MSU Grad Student to Enrich Science Learning. Kalamazoo Hometown Gazette, Martin, MI.

Kinsman, L. E. 11/05/07. How Many Grapes Does Lawton Really Grow? Paw Courier Leader, Paw Paw, MI.

Barr, K. 10/29/07. Lawton Students Study, Learn, Experiment with MSU Scientist. Kalamazoo Hometown Gazette, Lawton, MI.

Hartley, L. (2007) GK-12 Graduate Student Fellowships at Kellogg Biological Station. The LTER Network Newsletter. Vol. 20. No. 1.

Knaublach, J. A. 4/2/07. ESPP Student Educates the Next Generation on Climate Change. Environmental Science and Policy Program Newsletter, Michigan State University.

Sepanik, L. 12/19/06. Pond to be Created near Gull Lake High School for Science Studies. Kalamazoo Hometown Gazette, Richland, MI.

Kroll, J. 9/6/07. Program Doubles Education: MSU Graduate Students Instruct Alongside School District Science Teachers to Enhance Learning. The State News, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI.

Posters

GK-12 at W. K. Kellogg Biological Station: Partnerships Promoting Ecological Literacy in K-12 Classrooms of Rural Michigan. NSF GK-12 National Meeting, Washington, D. C., March 2007

GK-12 at W.K. Kellogg Biological Station: Partnerships Promoting Ecological Literacy in K-12 Classrooms of Rural Michigan. NSF GK-12 National Meeting, Washington, D.C., March 2008

Past Presentations

Wilke, B. J. and S. D. P. Smith. 2008. Ecological Literacy in the K12 Classrooms of Rural Michigan. Ecological Society of America Meeting, Milwaukee, WI, August 2008

Hartley, L. M., C. W. Anderson, B. Wilke. 2008. Why do students have so much trouble tracing matter through ecological processes and systems? Ecological Society of America Meeting, Milwaukee, WI, August 2008

Wilke, B. J., C. W. Anderson, L. M. Hartley. The missing link between structure and function in biodiversity education, Ecological Society of America Meeting, Milwaukee, WI, August 2008

Zesaguli, J., Tsurusaki, B. K., Wilke, B., Tan, E., Hartley, L., & Anderson, C. W. 2008. The Development of an Environmental Literacy Learning Progression: Biological Diversity in Environmental Systems. National Association for Research in Science Teaching Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, March 2008

Hartley, L. Grant sources for K-12 Science. Frontiers in Science Workshop, Michigan State University, March 2008

Hartley, L., S. Zygadlo, S. Starrs, B. Stauffer, J. Moore, K. Melville-Smith. 2008. Smithsonian Museum of Natural History: Behind the Scenes Tour and Presentation about Partnership with GK-12 for Curriculum Evaluation and Dissemination. GK-12 National Meeting, Washington, D.C., March 2008

Wilke, B.J. and Kinsman, L.S. 2008. Cross District Scientific Collaboration: A Story of Two 4th Grade Classrooms. Michigan Science Teacher Association Conference, Grand Rapids, MI, March 2008

Kinsman, L, S. Zygadlo, and L. Hartley. 2007. Presentation to the Lawton School Board. December 17, 2007

Wilke, B.J. 2007. Martin Public Schools: Schoolyard Habitat for Ecological Literacy. Backyard Habitat Series: Van Buren and Allegan County Conservation Districts, South Haven, MI, October 2007

Wilke, B.J., C.D. Wilson & C.W. Anderson. 2007. Diagnostic Testing of Science Concepts K-16. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, San Jose, CA, August 2007

Wonderly, C, B.J. Wilke and R. Robrahn. 2007. Inquiry in the Schoolyard: Activities that Connect Multiple Grade Levels. Michigan Science Teacher Association Conference, Grand Rapids, MI, May 2007