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Following is an overview of your year as a Frontiers Research Teacher.
Use the arrows below the blue box to learn more about the many aspects of the Frontiers fellowship.
To the right in the pink box, you can use the pull down menu to preview upcoming activities and deadlines by month.
- Research Experience
- Assignment & Projects
- Using the Internet
- Mentors
- Science Teaching Forum
- EB 2008
- After the Fellowship
Research Experience
The research experience provides the opportunity to increase your content knowledge and understanding of the scientific research.
You will learn how the investigative process works and expand your skills in determining protocols, designing experiments,
and collecting and analyzing data – all skills you use in your classroom.
This summer, you will spend 7-8 weeks working full-time in the laboratory. Most of the time, you will be working alongside
graduate students and post-doctoral fellows. However, your research plan should include frequent contact between you and
your research host. In addition to conducting research, we encourage you to participate in other professional activities
at the host institution, including seminars and journal clubs.
Your host researcher may assign some background reading and activities before you begin actual research.
while this background reading is indispensable, your host researcher should involve you in hands-on work in the lab no later than
three weeks after your start date.
- Research Experience
- Assignment & Projects
- Using the Internet
- Mentors
- Science Teaching Forum
- EB 2008
- After the Fellowship
Assignment & Projects
There are several assignments and projects that throughout
the fellowship year. There are seven Project WISE Assignments on the following
topics: inquiry based teaching and learning; identifying equity issues and
strategies; using the Internet; developing curriculum; revising labs and lessons;
and reflecting on your teaching.
The WISE assignments are preparation for your big project of
the fellowship – developing a new classroom lab or activity. There are several
objectives for this component of the fellowship: to have a published product that
reflects your creativity and expertise as well as the hard work of and learning
gained from the Fellowship; to expand your curriculum development skills; and
to contribute an inquiry-based, equitable life science activity with a
meaningful Internet component to the field that you as well as other teachers
can use.
- Research Experience
- Assignment & Projects
- Using the Internet
- Mentors
- Science Teaching Forum
- EB 2008
- After the Fellowship
Using the Internet
Access to the Internet and email is a key component to the
fellowship. A majority of correspondence and dissemination of program
information is done through this website, email, the Listserv and the Project
WISE site (http://wise.berkeley.edu).
Discuss with your research host whether you can use a
computer at the host institution to check your email. You also need Internet
access at home. Free email accounts and Internet services are available from
many providers (Yahoo,
Hotmail and
gmail, for example). Please
contact the APS Education Office if you are having Internet access problems.
Also, notify us immediately if your email address changes.
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- Research Experience
- Assignment & Projects
- Using the Internet
- Mentors
- Science Teaching Forum
- EB 2008
- After the Fellowship
Mentors
Former Research Teachers are invited to serve as mentors
each year. You will be assigned a mentor to work with throughout the year.
Since your mentors have been through the program, they are a great resource.
Check the Mentors section to "meet" the 2007 Mentors.
At the Science Teaching Forum, you will meet two other
mentors: the Physiologists in Residence (PIR). Each year we invite APS member
physiologists to work with us during the week of the Forum. The PIRs serve as a
content experts for the hands-on physiology classroom units as well as mentors
as you develop your own classroom lab or activity.
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- Research Experience
- Assignment & Projects
- Using the Internet
- Mentors
- Science Teaching Forum
- EB 2008
- After the Fellowship
Science Teaching Forum
Each year, the Frontiers in Physiology convene at the
Airlie
Center in Warrenton, VA, for a weeklong retreat. You will
explore hands-on, inquiry-based labs and activities; learn how to design
science activities based on the National Science Education Standards; explore
equity issues and the uses of the Internet in science education; and practice
authentic assessment. RTs share teaching strategies and brainstorm new ideas
for their classrooms.
This is an intense and stimulating week – be prepared to
explore and brainstorm! We do, however, provide limited time for relaxing,
fishing, swimming, and other sports. The facilities are wonderful, the food is
terrific, and the grounds are absolutely beautiful.
Check the 2007 Science Teaching Forum section for updates,
handouts and pictures.
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- Research Experience
- Assignment & Projects
- Using the Internet
- Mentors
- Science Teaching Forum
- EB 2008
- After the Fellowship
EB 2008
Plan on a great reunion with your fellow RTs, mentors, and
APS staff at the Experimental Biology 2008 meeting in San Diego,
CA. The meeting draws 15,000+
researchers from all over the world to share the latest in scientific research.
Your agenda will include an orientation, a luncheon honoring research teachers
and their research hosts, a tour of the scientific posters and commercial
exhibits, as well as several other events. More details will be posted on a
section of this website in the winter.
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- Research Experience
- Assignment & Projects
- Using the Internet
- Mentors
- Science Teaching Forum
- EB 2008
- After the Fellowship
After the Fellowship
A question that RTs often ask is "What happens when
it’s over?" Hopefully, it won’t ever be "over." One goal of the
Frontiers in Physiology fellowship is to promote
ongoing relationships between APS researchers and middle and high school
teachers. This fellowship year is just the beginning of collaborative efforts
between you, the research community, and
The American Physiological Society.
Many of our RTs and researchers have gone on to participate
in APS
Local Outreach Teams through which RTs and researchers present workshops
in physiology to local middle and high school teachers. Over the years, LOTs
impact hundreds of teachers, and ultimately thousands of students through
successful science teaching and learning.
Furthermore, past RTs are invited each year to serve as
mentors and to participate in APS-sponsored workshops at national teacher
meetings. To continue our work together, it is vital for us to keep in touch.
Please drop us an
email whenever your contact information (home and school)
changes.
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