At this year’s meeting of the American Chemical Society, Michelle Paulsen, program director for Northwestern’s GK12 program, and Kristin Labby, GK12 alumna, gave invited talks.
In Paulsen’s talk, “Reaching for the stars: Forming and maintaining partnerships between universities, schools, and the community”, she highlighted the lessons learned in building connections to local schools, outlined possible expansions of those partnerships, and gave examples of the work done by PhD students in GK12 classrooms as part of Northwestern’s “Reach for the Star” program.
Labby’s talk,“Introducing medicinal chemistry research to middle school students: a multi-faceted approach from a GK-12 experience”, focused on specific examples of her partnership with Pamela Sims, a middle school science teacher in Chicago, and how other institution might adopt such a program.
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