| Title | Making a big difference with very little: Creating a community resource for hands-on math and science activities on a "shoestring budget" |
|---|---|
| Faculty/College/Unit | Education |
| Status | Completed |
| Duration | 1 Year |
| Initiation | 04/01/2016 |
| Completion | 08/31/2017 |
| Project Summary | Since 2010, we have hosted five annual Family Math and Science Days where UBC Teacher-Candidates engage the general public in hands-on inquiry activities. This year we attracted 400+ guests and 60+ Teacher-Candidates! We aim at empowering Teacher-Candidates in math and science education by providing them with rich inquiry-focused teaching experiences. Over the five years hundreds of low-cost, safe, and ‘green’ hands-on math and science activities have been created. However, due to budget limitations, we have not had the means to document them. This project will fund the creation of a database of these activities in order to share them with all Teacher-Candidates in the Faculty. It will be useful for Teacher-Candidates’ coursework, during the practicum and after graduation. The Database will be populated by Teacher-Candidates (while supervised by faculty) and will continue to grow beyond this grant. It will support and further another successful TLEF-funded project that we recently completed. |
| Funding Details | |
| Year 1: Project Year | Year 1 |
| Year 1: Funding Year | 2016/2017 |
| Year 1: Project Type | Small TLEF |
| Year 1: Principal Investigator | Marina Milner-Bolotin |
| Year 1: Funded Amount | 47,004 |
| Year 1: Team Members | Marina Milner-Bolotin, Assistant Professor, Curriculum and Pedagogy, Faculty of Education |
| Year 1: TLEF Showcase |  |
| Project Report | 2016-Milner-Bolotin-Final-WEB.pdf |
| Project Outcomes | Teacher-Candidates’ STEM Video Projects
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