This was made possible
by funding from the 3M corporate foundation. The 3M
STEM Education Fellowship Program funds graduate
students to work with schools to help bring known best
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practices around STEM integration in K-12 classrooms
through (1) professional development and (2) curriculum
development, implementation, and assessment. The fellows
were former teachers and one was a doctoral student in
science education and the other in mathematics education.
During the school year the fellows mapped the curriculum to
the state standards, provided ideas for curriculum implementation,
assisted in the classrooms, developed supplemental
curriculum materials, helped teachers with
organization, were a resource for any problems or questions,
and conveyed the importance of STEM education.