Category Archives: STEM

NIMBioS a Partner on Grant to Train Math and Science Teachers

Posted on September 20, 2011 by admin

A STEM education seminar series co-hosted at NIMBioS and a chance for pre-service teachers in math and biology to join the summer NIMBioS REU program are the planned collaborations resulting from a national grant awarded to UT’s VolsTeach program.  VolsTeach … Continue reading →

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New NIMBioS Education Module: Writing the Abstract

Posted on July 19, 2011 by admin

The abstract can be tough and time-consuming to write, but it can make or break a paper’s success. One little paragraph ends up being the most widely read portion of a study, and also its emissary to encourage others to … Continue reading →

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NIMBioS Visits Smoky Mountain Science Teacher Institute

Posted on June 22, 2011 by admin

      Fourteen middle and high school science teachers learned how to quantify biodiversity yesterday when Dr. Suzanne Lenhart, NIMBioS Associate Director for Education, Outreach and Diversity, and Kelly Sturner, NIMBioS Education and Outreach Coordinator  arrived at Great Smoky … Continue reading →

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Teachers Do the Math: Predator-Prey Modeling in Soils

Posted on May 2, 2011 by admin

NIMBioS introduced teachers to simple predator-prey models and their importance to the field of soil ecology at a Soil Biology Workshop hosted by the University of Tennessee’s Biosystems Engineering & Soil Science Department. Seven middle and high school biology and … Continue reading →

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NIMBioS Puts the M in Girls Scouts’ STEM Day

Posted on April 15, 2011 by admin

In STEM education, ‘M’ is for mathematics! NIMBioS helped host 150 middle school girls and 50 chaperones recently for the day-long “Gadget Girls: Adventures in STEM.” Organized by the Southern Appalachians Girl Scout Council and the Office of Arts and … Continue reading →

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High School Scholars Connect Math and Biology Using Biodiversity

Posted on February 28, 2011 by admin

A group of Tennessee high school students and teachers learned about how math and biology converge during a visit to NIMBioS last week as a part of the Tennessee Junior Science and Humanities Symposium. The symposium is an annual event … Continue reading →

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Going Back to Skull with Biology in a Box

Posted on February 11, 2011 by admin

NIMBioS Communications Coordinator Catherine Crawley and NIMBioS Education and Outreach Coordinator Kelly Moran dropped in on students at Jacksboro Middle School in Campbell County, TN to film for an upcoming NIMBioS video about Biology in a Box. Seventh grade science … Continue reading →

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Prototype Activities for STEM Box Debuted to Teachers

Posted on December 9, 2010 by admin

With activities for a brand new Biology in a Box K-12 unit on science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) under development, several members of the Biology in a Box team traveled to Nashville to the Area Conference for the National … Continue reading →

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Young Mathematical Biologists Meet in Knoxville

Posted on November 29, 2010 by admin

The future of mathematical biology looks bright, if the quality of this year’s participants in the NIMBioS undergraduate research conference is any indication. NIMBioS hosted the 2nd Annual Undergraduate Research Conference at the Interface of Biology and Mathematics, Nov. 19-20, … Continue reading →

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Girls Get Their Hands Dirty at SHADES Workshop

Posted on October 13, 2010 by Catherine Crawley

NIMBioS helped inspire sixth and seventh grade girls about careers in math, science and engineering at the annual Sharing Adventures in Engineering and Science (SHADES) workshop organized by the Greater Knoxville Math/Science Coalition last weekend. Thirty-eight local students got their … Continue reading →

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