GK12 Montana State University

The Montana State University GK12 Science and Society Fellows program is an NSF-funded program that partners graduate and undergraduate fellows at Montana State University (MSU) with teachers in rural K-12 classrooms.  Through participation in the program fellows support enhanced science education while refining their communication and teaching skills.  Participating K-12 teachers will strengthen their ability to teach science concepts by infusing locally relevant, current environmental science research about the Greater Yellowstone.  Scientists and teachers involved will learn from each other’s unique backgrounds and skills while developing lasting, mutually beneficial relationships between MSU scientists and local teachers.

The goals of the BSI GK12 program are to

1. strengthen MSU’s institutional support for training experiences in a K-12 context in order to enhance the communication and leadership skills of graduate and undergraduate scientists; and,
   
2. enhance science education in rural K-12 settings by infusing locally relevant, current environmental science research about the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem into K-12 classrooms.