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K-12 Outreach is taking it to the classroom

The College of Science K-12 Outreach Coordinators are working with 75 elementary and middle school teachers at three elementary schools in Shelbyville, Indiana. The teachers become students again in workshops on inquiry-based instruction, and they work with Science K-12 Outreach Coordinators to learn science activities and develop standards-based science lessons that they will later conduct in class.

Betsy Larrabee, Shelbyville Central Schools coordinator for the gifted and talented and Title I programs, said teachers in Shelbyville are eager to share this new approach to science instruction.

“The outreach team met with every one of our elementary school teachers before the school year even started,” Larrabee said. “You can hear the excitement in their voices. We appreciate the opportunity to work so closely with Purdue.”

Bill Walker, Director for College of Science K-12 Outreach, said a relationship between Purdue Science Outreach and Shelbyville Central Schools has been growing for two years.

“We are very excited to be working with Shelbyville Central Schools,” said Walker. “The teachers are making changes that are helping students actively learn science.”

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