Sharing Your Science in a One‐Day K‐12 Teacher Workshop

Abstract

In an increasingly complex, technological world, it is widely recognized that scientists play important roles in improving public understanding of science. In K‐12 science education across the United States, a revolution based in national science education standards— the notion that science is “for all Americans,” and that doing science is the best way to learn science—is underway [Lopez and Schultz, 2001]. Some federal research funding sources, such as the NASA Office of Space Science, include language in their announcements of opportunity that ask scientists to undertake education and public outreach activities.