A Bit About Spice
Science Partners in Inquiry-based Collaborative Education
News and Events
*Accepting Fellow Applications for 2012-2013
* Summer Institute:
Tentative July 26-August 3rd, 2012 (weekdays)
* Fellow Short Course:
TentativeJuly 23-25, 2012
* Workshops for 2011-2012
October 7, December 2nd, January 27, March 15
Links
NSF GK-12 homepage
http://www.nsfgk12.org/
Alachua County Public Schools
http://www.sbac.edu/
Other collaborating NSF programs on UF campus:
www.i3.institutes.ufl.edu
www.seagep.ufl.edu
SPICE II is a five-year project funded by the National Science Foundation to train UF graduate students in teaching and to foster inquiry-based learning of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics in Gainesville's under-resourced middle schools. It builds upon a similar program (SPICE I) that started in 2003.
Its collaborators come from a disparate set of departments, colleges, centers, and schools at the University of Florida, who are teamed with six middle schools and the Public Schools of Alachua County. Graduate students from UF work in the classroom with middle school teachers to guide students on an exploratory quest about Ecosystem Health.
