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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.

Curricular Resources

Below are links to various organizations that support K-12 STEM Education. Many of these groups have resources for K-12 teachers and students. JMU STEM faculty are involved in and support many of these organizations.

Science Education

Technology Educational (tag ed tech with related discipline areas

Engineering Education

Mathematics Education