SPICE GK-12 Program - Science Partners in Inquiry-Based Collaborative Education

SPICE II (Science Partners in Inquiry-based Collaborative Education) 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. (Click here for a list of participants.) Graduate students from UF work in the classroom with middle school teachers to guide students on an exploratory quest about Ecosystem Health.


Hawthorne Jr/Sr High School	Howard Bishop Middle School	Lincoln Middle School	Oak View Middle School	Westwood Middle School
Hawthorne Photo Gallery	Howard Bishop Photo Gallery	Photos coming soon....	Oak View Photo Gallery	Westwood Photo Gallery

SPICE II Summer Institute (July 24 - August 4, 2006)
The Summer Institute is an opportunity for the participants in our program to get to know one another and establish working relationships. More...

SPICE II, Fellows and Teachers announced for the new phase of SPICE (March, 2006)
SPICE II is the second track of the SPICE program's grant funding. by the end of the 5 year term, slated to being in August, 2006, SPICE will be a permanent, fully funded University of Florida program. In March, eight graduate students, Fellows, and nine Teachers were selected to participate in SPICE II for two consecutive years.
We are also excited about the addition of a sixth school to SPICE: Mebane Middle School More...

Summer Institute Slideshow (July 7, 2005)
New teachers and graduate students were trained for the next school year at the Summer Institute, June 2005. View the Slideshow...