Events/Announcements
November 18 12:00 noon 1:00 p.m. Science Brown Bag - Dr. Eric Pyle
December 3 - 12:30 - 2:00 p.m.
Motivating Students in STEM Disciplines
Dr. Ken Barron and Dr. Chris Hulleman
December 4 - 8-9:30 a.m.
Motivating Students in STEM Disciplines
Dr. Ken Barron and Dr. Chris Hulleman
December 4 - (BRCC) - 8:30 - 10 am (JMU) - 2:30 - 4 pm
Motivating Students in STEM Disciplines
Dr. Ken Barron and Dr. Chris Hulleman
March 9, 2010 (snow date, March 10, 2010) The 51st annual Shenandoah Valley Regional Science Fair is scheduled at James Madison University
March 18-19, 2010 The 17th Virginia Junior Science and Humantities Symposium is scheduled at James Madison University.
News
Center Co-Directors Bob Kolvoord and Eric Pyle were part of a panel on science education on the 30 March edition of WMRA's Virginia Insight radio program. Download a recording of the show.
Bridging the Valley: A STEP Ahead for STEM Majors
James Madison University has partnered with Blue Ridge Community College (BRCC), Bridgewater College (BC), Eastern Mennonite University (EMU), SRI Inc., and the Shenandoah Valley Partnership to address the challenges of building additional STEM major enrollments and retaining students to program completion. The National Science Foundation awarded the partners nearly $1.5 million to meet this goal.
K-12
There are a variety of opportunities for K-12 teachers, including courses, degree programs, workshops and lectures, along with a variety of facilities. You'll find links to all of these things and more on this page.
Opportunities for K-12 Teachers
Conferences and Workshops
- VCTM Conference - March 2010
The 2010 Virginia Council of Teachers of Mathematics Conference will be held at JMU March 12-13, 2010. The conference is for PreK-12 teachers and supervisors of mathematics as well as those engaged in teacher education of PreK-12 teachers of math. Proposals to speak at the conference are due by Oct. 15, 2009. The proposal form can be found at: http://www5.rockingham.k12.va.us/vctm/proposal.html. - VAST Professional Development Institute, November 5-7, Hilton Washington Dulles
- Team American Rocket Challenge (TARC)
JMU Outreach and Engagement Courses
JMU Graduate Programs in STEM disciplines
Opportunities for K-12 Students
- Virginia Junior Academy of Sciences
- Valley Science Fair
- Cybercity
- First Lego League
- College for Kids
- Summer Bridges 2010 (more information coming soon!)
- Valley Ridge Governor's School
- The 39th Annual Virginia Geological Field Conference
- National Earth Science Week
JMU Resources
- Arboretum
- Science on the Sphere
- Planetarium
- Mineral Museum
- National Center for Rural STEM Outreach
- JMU Library Science Research Guides
- JMU Library Math Research Guides
