4. OSEP
Mission
Connec@ng
K-‐12
teachers
and
students
to
the
world-‐class
science,
technology,
engineering,
and
math
resources
of
Northwestern
University
and
beyond
5. Why
OSEP?
1. Faculty
are
experts
in
their
disciplines,
not
educa@on,
program
design
&
delivery,
evalua@on,
etc.
2. Enthusiasm
for
outreach
does
not
equate
to
capability
3. Broad
cultural
divide
between
K-‐12
and
higher
ed
4. Significant
differences
in
@me,
financial
resources,
curriculum
flexibility
5. School
districts
and
universi@es
are
both
very
large,
complex
organiza@ons;
difficult
to
navigate
as
outsider
6. Funders
expec@ng
sustainability,
but
faculty
not
set
up
to
do
this
7. Partner
rela@onship
building
is
extremely
@me
intensive
7. The
New
Model:
Faculty-‐Ini0ated
+
OSEP-‐Ini0ated
Projects
STEM
OSEP
Faculty
1C 1D
8. Basic
Stats
• Founded
in
2006
• Housed
in
the
School
of
Educa@on
and
Social
Policy
• 7
staff
(and
growing)
– Director,
Associate
Director
– Curriculum
development,
so_ware
engineering,
etc.
9. What
does
OSEP
do?
• Support
authen@c
STEM
teaching
&
learning
in
K-‐12
• Focal
Areas
1. Teacher
Professional
Development
2. New
STEM
Curricula
and
Technology
3. Capacity
Building
• Develop
partnerships
with
faculty,
industry,
schools,
and
community
organiza@ons
10. 11
STEM
Programs
1. iLabs—access
to
real
laboratory
equipment
via
the
web
2. Watershed
Dynamics—using
the
web-‐based
FieldScope
GIS
to
study
water
availability
and
human
impacts
on
the
watershed
3. EcoCas0ng—hands-‐on
inquiry
and
computa@onal
modeling
of
ecosystems,
food
webs,
and
bioaccumula@on
4. CT-‐STEM—Embedded
Computa0onal
Thinking—incorpora@ng
computa@onal
thinking
and
modeling
tools
into
tradi@onal
high
school
STEM
courses
5. Crea0ng
Leaders
for
STEM
Student
Research—capacity
building
program
for
teachers
focused
on
developing
high
school
student
independent
research
programs
6. Climate
Change
and
Sustainability—professional
development,
classroom
modules,
symposia,
and
research
experiences
for
teachers
11. 11
STEM
Programs
7. HP
Project
ACCESS—provides
HP
Tablets
and
probeware
kits
to
schools
through
a
loaner
program
8. Reach
for
the
Stars-‐-‐NSF
program
that
places
STEM
graduate
students
in
K-‐12
science
classrooms
to
bring
cudng-‐edge
science
and
research
to
teachers
and
students
9. NUBIO—high
school
science
labs
based
on
oncofer@lity
research
10. FUSE—a_er-‐school
science
program
involving
hands-‐on
exploratory
challenges
11. iSTAR@NU-‐-‐Ins@tute
for
STEM
Teaching
and
Research
at
Northwestern
University,
summer
professional
development
program
for
teachers
12. Amplifying
Impact
Resources
University Elementary &
Researchers Secondary
& Students, OSEP
Teachers &
Industry,
Students
Community
Needs
13. OSEP
as
a
Pla`orm
• OSEP
plaform
is
built
on
a
growing
network
of
partnerships,
staff
exper@se,
best
prac@ce
models—it
is
not
just
a
set
of
individual
programs
• Just
as
in
IT,
a
good
plaform
supports
ease
of
building
on
top
of
it
• Lowers
barriers
to
faculty
&
industry
par@cipa@on
• Creates
new
opportuni0es
for
engagement
in
K-‐12
and
outreach
• Delivers
more
capability,
more
efficiently
than
building
from
scratch
each
@me
14. A
Growing
School
Network
• 131
Area
Schools
• 368
Teachers
• ~29,440
Students
• CPS
– 58
Schools
– 83
Teachers
– ~6,600
Students
16. • Use
oncofer@lity
concepts
and
biotechnology
skills
to
teach
high
school
biology,
also
for
advanced
elec@ves
• Developed
in
partnership
with
The
Woodruff
Lab,
Feinberg
School
of
Medicine
• Lab
ac@vi@es
teach
basic
science
through
the
context
of
cancer
biology,
reproduc@ve
biology,
and
oncofer@lity
1. Biomaterials
Lab:
Just
Bead
It
2. Male
Hormone
Lab:
You’ve
Got
MALE
3. Female
Hormone
Lab:
28
Days
Later
4. SRY
Gene
Lab:
WhY
Are
We
Different?
5. Sea
Urchin
Lab:
IVF,
toxicity,
cryopreserva@on
(in
development)
18. Partnerships
for
Biotechnology
Educa0on
• Biotechnology
Center
of
Excellence
at
Lindblom
Math
NU
and
Science
Academy
(Woodruff
Lab)
• Baxter
Interna@onal’s
Science@Work
Program
OSEP
• A
Model
for
Scalability
and
Baxter
Lindblom
Biotech
Interna@onal
Center
of
Sustainability
Excellence
20. Biotechnology
Professional
Development
Series
• 4
Opportuni@es
for
Teachers
1. Biotech
Launch
Symposium
2. Survey
of
Biotechnology
3. NUBIO
4. Research
Experiences
for
Teachers
• Baxter
Boxes
and
Loaner
Kits
• New
Elec@ve
Course
at
LMSA
22. Teachers
Trained
High Schools
Lakes
Community
High
School
Onahan
Elementary
School
Morgan
Park
High
School
Lincoln
Park
High
School
Naperville
Central
High
School
Lindblom
Math
and
Science
Academy
Nash
Elementary
School
Von
Steuben
Metropolitan
Science
Center
Lindblom
Math
and
Science
Academy
Steinmetz
Academic
Centre
Jefferson
Alterna@ve
High
School
Niles
West
High
School
Roosevelt
High
School
Kelvin
Park
High
School
Lane
Tech
College
Prep
Curie
High
School
Farragut
Career
Academy
Collins
Academy
High
School
Morgan
Park
High
School
Sarah
E.
Goode
STEM
Academy
Homewood-‐Flossmoor
High
School
Illinois
Math
and
Science
Academy
Wes@nghouse
Career
Academy
23. Scalability:
Years
Since
Program
Incep0on
NUBIO
20000
18000
18160
16000
14000
Cumula0ve
Students
12000
11785
10000
8000
6000
6855
4000
3370
2000
600
1160
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
Elapsed
Years
25. • Out-‐of-‐school,
drop-‐in
program
2D
• Targe@ng
youth
who
are
disengaged,
not
interested
in
STEAM
fields
• Implemented
in
schools,
public
libraries,
summer
youth
program
• www.fusestudio.net
26. Challenges
• 11
Challenges
• 4
Challenges
in
development
2D
• Focused
on
STEAM
explora@on
and
engagement,
the
“A”
for
arts
and
design
• Robo@cs,
app
development,
electronics,
biotechnology,
graphic
design,
and
more!
• Use
a
“leveling
up”
model
MOTOACTV Robot Obstacle 3D Laser Mobile App:
Watch Face Course Defender Whack-a-Mole
Design
28. An
Modular
Pla`orm
for
STEM
Outreach
Chicago
James
Architecture
Design
for
Dyson
Founda@on
America
Founda@on
1B Argonne-‐ 1C 1D
Northwestern
Solar
Energy
Segal
Design
Research
Ins@tute
Center
2B 2C 2D
Materials
Research
&
Adler
Planetarium
Engineering
Motorola
Center
Mobility
3B 3C 3D
29. FUSE
-‐
Spring
2012
3
sites
FUSE
Studios
• Evanston
Township
High
School
• Wheeling
High
School
• Glenbrook
South
High
School
30. FUSE-‐Summer/Fall
2012
8
sites
FUSE
Studios
• Schools:
– Evanston
Township
High
School
– Wheeling
High
School
– Neal
Math
&
Science
Academy
– Sarah
E
Good
STEM
Academy
• Libraries:
– Evanston
Public
Library
–
Teen
Lo_
– North
Chicago
Public
Library
– Chicago
Public
Library
(2)
• Community
Organiza0ons:
– Y.O.U
Evanston
31. FUSE
Waitlist
13
sites
(red
dots)
Schools:
1. Michele
Clark
HS
2. Lake
View
HS
3. Corliss
HS
4. Chicago
Voca@onal
Career
Academy
5. Hancock
HS
6. Harlan
Community
Academy
7. ChicagoQuest
8. Reavis
HS
9. Gwendolyn
Brooks
College
Prep
10. Lakes
Community
HS
11. An@och
Community
HS
Libraries:
12.
Chicago
Public
Library
(2
add’l)
13. Arlington
Heights
Memorial
Library
33. Ins0tute
for
STEM
Teaching
and
Research
at
Northwestern
University
iSTAR@NU
34. iSTAR@NU
• Program
Elements
– 13
PD
offerings
in
2012
• New
Curriculum
and
Technology
• Research
Experiences
for
Teachers
• Job
Shadowing
Experiences
for
Teachers
– Follow
up
In-‐class
Coaching
– Equipment
loan
program
36. OSEP:
a
summary
• Focus
on
closing
the
gap
between
“school
science”
and
“authen@c
science”
(Chinn
&
Malhotra,
2002)
• Develop
curricula
&
technologies
to
engage
K-‐12
students
in
authen@c
STEM
prac@ces
• Provide
cudng-‐edge
STEM
PD
and
learning
opportuni@es
for
teachers
37. OSEP:
a
summary
• Build
school
partnerships
in
Chicago
area
and
beyond
• Build
partnerships
and
funding
rela@onships
with
faculty,
industry,
community
organiza@ons,
and
founda@ons
• Serving
as
a
model
for
and
thought
leader
in
STEM
educa@on
and
outreach
38. Thank
you!
Amy
Prav
:
amy.prav@northwestern.edu
OSEP
website:
www.osep.northwestern.edu
42. Watershed
Dynamics:
Connec0ng
Students
to
Scien0fic
Datasets
using
GIS
• Where
does
our
water
come
from?
• Where
does
it
go?
• How
does
human
ac@vity
impact
our
watersheds?
hop://wd.northwestern.edu
NSF
GLOBE
Award
#
GEO0627923
43. EcoCas0ng:
Inves0ga0ng
aqua0c
ecosystems
using
NetLogo
computa0onal
models
Food
webs,
bioaccumula@on,
and
invasive
species
in
Calumet
Harbor.
Partnership
with
Dr.
Kimberly
A.
Gray,
Civil
and
Environmental
Engineering
hop://ecocas0ng.northwestern.edu
NOAA
Award
#
NA09NMF4630406
Built
with
Netlogo,
Wilensky
(1999).
44. Computa0onal
Thinking
in
STEM
(CT-‐STEM)
Sparking
student
interest
in
–
and
proficiency
with
–
computaBonal
thinking
(CT)
by
embedding
CT
acBviBes
in
exisBng
high
school
STEM
courses.
• CT
ac@vi@es
that
can
be
embedded
in
tradi@onal
high
school
STEM
courses
• CT
elec@ve
course
• PD
workshops
and
ongoing
Saturday
coaching
sessions
for
30
pilot
teachers
• Direct
engagement
with
over
1000
students
across
5
high
schools
NSF
CE21
Award
#
CNS1138461
Co-‐PIs:
Kemi
Jona,
Vicky
Kalogera,
Uri
Wilensky,
Laura
Trouille,
and
Michael
Horn
45. Reach
for
the
Stars
A
NSF
GK12
Program
• Began
in
2010
• 9
partnerships
each
year
• 10
schools,
over
2,000
students
impacted
so
far
• 4
CPS
Schools,
ETHS,
and
Chute
Elementary
in
Evanston
• PhD
candidates
improve
communica@on
skills
• Computa@onal
Thinking
and
Modeling
are
introduced
to
teachers
and
students
www.gk12.ciera.northwestern
NSF
GK12
Award
#
DGE0948017
46. Crea0ng
Leaders
for
STEM
Student
Research
Capacity
building
for
student
research
programs
• Professional
Development
for
Teachers
– Student
Research
Facilita@on
Course
• Mentoring
– CoolHub
• Job
Shadowing
– Summer
opportuni@es
for
Teachers
hop://osep.northwestern.edu/projects/stem-‐student-‐research
47. Project
ACCESS
• 50
HP
Tablets
and
25
probeware
kits
loaned
to
schools
• Teacher
PD
for
tablet
and
probeware
training
in
June
2011
and
July
2012
• 12
Schools,
19
teachers
and
nearly
1,500
students
in
the
last
two
school
years
• Not
enough
HP
Tablets
to
meet
demand
hvp://osep.northwestern.edu/projects/access
48. Lab
Equipment
Dona0ons
&
Loaner
Program
• Surplus
lab
equipment
from
NU
to
schools
– Centrifuge
– Thermocycler
– Liquid
Nitrogen
Dewars
• Baxter
Boxes
thru
BCoE
