APS Education Activities for Grades K-12 focus on creating linkages between the K-12 science education community and the physiology research and teaching community. Programs include summer fellowships and local workshops for teachers and are designed to encourage the involvement of APS physiologists in outreach to the K-12 science education community.
My Health, My World
Workshops and Curricular Materials for Grade K-4 Teachers
Frontiers in Physiology
Summer Research Fellowships for Middle & High School Teachers AND Local Workshops for Middle & High School Teachers
Explorations in Biomedicine
Summer Research Fellowships for Montana Middle & High School Teachers and Tribal College Faculty
Local Outreach Teams
LOTs disseminate Physiology curricular materials and resources to middle and high school life science teachers via in-service workshops and build connections between physiology researchers and local teachers and schools
Teacher Self-Assessment Tools
National Science Education Standards, reflection activities and resources, and equity criteria

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 For more information on APS education activities, contact the APS Education Office
The American Physiological Society, 9650 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20814
(301) 634-7132 (phone), (301) 634-7098 (fax), or educatio@the-aps.org.