Through IISME, teachers connect with a professional community enhancing their practice as educators. Please consult the following pages for resources.
IISME Workshops:
IISME will be offering a number of applicant workshops to inform teachers about the Summer Fellowship Program and the application process in the late fall and early winter.
Education Transfer Plans:
Exemplary Fellowship projects developed by IISME Fellows from Summer 2005 and 2006 are posted. You can read them online or download these Education Transfer Plans. You can also connect to Fellows’ Websites.
View 5E curriculum developed by IISME teachers.
Grant Opportunities:
Current grant opportunities with links to web pages announcing their deadlines and requirements are listed in this section of the web site.
The IISME Listserv:
IISME-L facilitates communication between educators, private industry, government agencies and other interested parties.
Eisenhower National Clearinghouse (ENC) Online is a K-12 math and science teacher center with lessons and activities, web links, learning community opportunities, ENC Focus Magazine, and much more.
Education Week is the American Education’s online Newspaper of record. Ed Week contains Daily News, Teacher Magazine, Special Reports and Archives for educational research.
Columbia University's Summer Research Program for Science Teachers offers searchable lesson plans for science teachers.
Columbia University's program also provides a link to science museums, government resources, and other valuable educational resources.
FIRST STEP Online is the culmination of a teacher enhancement project, Federal laboratories' Involvement in Research in Science and Technology for Science Teacher Enhancement (FIRST STEP), funded by National Science Foundation (NSF) and United States Department of Agriculture/ Agriculture Research Service/ Southern Plans Area (USDA/ARS/SPA). It was designed to combine the expertise of a research scientist and a science teacher to bring actual research into middle school classrooms.
Science Buddies provides a number of teacher resources as part of its effort to help strengthen science education. These tools may of interest to both teachers as well as many parents.
