There is growing enthusiasm for STEAM education in preparing students for an increasingly complex... more There is growing enthusiasm for STEAM education in preparing students for an increasingly complex world. However, implementing STEAM in the classroom can be challenging for educators, as it may require collaboration across disciplines, increased workload, and understanding the nature of STEAM integration. This paper details a mixed-methods evaluation of a year-long STEAM teacher training program, in which a STEM teacher and an arts teacher collaborated to design and implement integrated STEAM lessons at each of the nine participating schools (n = 17). The training program consisted of a 5-week summer professional development experience, followed by ongoing financial, material, and pedagogical support during the school year, made possible by the partnership of the schools, a university, and community organizations. Findings from surveys, focus groups, and written reflections suggest that, despite certain challenges, aspects of the training program supported teacher implementation of ...
This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative... more This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY
The Georgia Tech Center for Ribosome Adaptation and Evolution, a center funded by the NASA Astrob... more The Georgia Tech Center for Ribosome Adaptation and Evolution, a center funded by the NASA Astrobiology Institute, developed an educational Astrobiology program titled, ``Life on the Edge: Astrobiology.'' The purpose of the program was to provide educators with the materials, exposure, and skills necessary to prepare our future workforce and to foster student interest in scientific discovery on Earth and
Immobilin, the highly viscoelastic glycoprotein isolated from rat cauda epididymal fluid, exhibit... more Immobilin, the highly viscoelastic glycoprotein isolated from rat cauda epididymal fluid, exhibits all of the key biochemical characteristics of a mucin: 1) it has a very high molecular weight (will not pass through a 10(6) dalton cut-off filter; 2) it contains 56% carbohydrate, with low or undetectable levels of mannose, xylose and uronic acid; 3) the carbohydrates (primarily galactose, N-acetylglucosamine and N-acetylgalactosamine) are arranged in short, oligosaccharide chains (4-20 monosaccharides per chain); 4) these oligosaccharide chains can be cleaved by NaOH in the presence of NaBH4, suggesting O-glycosidic linkages; and 5) the protein core is pronase-resistant. Immobilin, however, contains no detectable sialic acid, and 67% of the oligosaccharides are uncharged, indicating that immobilin is less acidic than most other mucins.
Immobilin, the highly viscoelastic glycoprotein isolated from rat cauda epididymal fluid, exhibit... more Immobilin, the highly viscoelastic glycoprotein isolated from rat cauda epididymal fluid, exhibits all of the key biochemical characteristics of a mucin: 1) it has a very high molecular weight (will not pass through a 10(6) dalton cut-off filter; 2) it contains 56% carbohydrate, with low or undetectable levels of mannose, xylose and uronic acid; 3) the carbohydrates (primarily galactose, N-acetylglucosamine and N-acetylgalactosamine) are arranged in short, oligosaccharide chains (4-20 monosaccharides per chain); 4) these oligosaccharide chains can be cleaved by NaOH in the presence of NaBH4, suggesting O-glycosidic linkages; and 5) the protein core is pronase-resistant. Immobilin, however, contains no detectable sialic acid, and 67% of the oligosaccharides are uncharged, indicating that immobilin is less acidic than most other mucins.
The National Science Foundation requires that grantees make an effort to extend the reach of acad... more The National Science Foundation requires that grantees make an effort to extend the reach of academic research to communities beyond the laboratory and address the work's possible ``Broader Impacts'' to society. NSF CAREER awards and many of the NSF Research Center grant solicitations are even more explicit, requiring that grantees craft educational initiatives that are based in best practices, bring the academic research to the broader community, and positively impact the pipeline of students pursuing science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education and careers. For new faculty, and even veteran faculty, these requirements for creative educational initiatives that significantly affect a community outside the confines of the laboratory can be very daunting. This presentation addresses how to design an effective educational plan that incorporates K-12 educational outreach, that will have a real impact on the target audience, and that can realistically ...
Schools and school districts are complex, dynamic systems affected by numerous factors, from indi... more Schools and school districts are complex, dynamic systems affected by numerous factors, from individuals' attributes to federal policies. In this paper, a modeling framework is presented for modeling a school as a complex system. An agent-based modeling strategy is developed such that users may better understand the attributes and relationships that may cause an intervention to succeed or fail. The system state change, including agents' attributes and their relationships, is modeled as a Discrete Time Markov Chain (DTMC). The modeling framework is demonstrated through a case study of a high school where an 'Engineers Without Borders' chapter is founded.
The Georgia Tech Center for Ribosome Adaptation and Evolution, a center funded by the NASA Astrob... more The Georgia Tech Center for Ribosome Adaptation and Evolution, a center funded by the NASA Astrobiology Institute, developed an educational Astrobiology program titled, "Life on the Edge: Astrobiology." .
There is growing enthusiasm for STEAM education in preparing students for an increasingly complex... more There is growing enthusiasm for STEAM education in preparing students for an increasingly complex world. However, implementing STEAM in the classroom can be challenging for educators, as it may require collaboration across disciplines, increased workload, and understanding the nature of STEAM integration. This paper details a mixed-methods evaluation of a year-long STEAM teacher training program, in which a STEM teacher and an arts teacher collaborated to design and implement integrated STEAM lessons at each of the nine participating schools (n = 17). The training program consisted of a 5-week summer professional development experience, followed by ongoing financial, material, and pedagogical support during the school year, made possible by the partnership of the schools, a university, and community organizations. Findings from surveys, focus groups, and written reflections suggest that, despite certain challenges, aspects of the training program supported teacher implementation of ...
This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative... more This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY
The Georgia Tech Center for Ribosome Adaptation and Evolution, a center funded by the NASA Astrob... more The Georgia Tech Center for Ribosome Adaptation and Evolution, a center funded by the NASA Astrobiology Institute, developed an educational Astrobiology program titled, ``Life on the Edge: Astrobiology.'' The purpose of the program was to provide educators with the materials, exposure, and skills necessary to prepare our future workforce and to foster student interest in scientific discovery on Earth and
Immobilin, the highly viscoelastic glycoprotein isolated from rat cauda epididymal fluid, exhibit... more Immobilin, the highly viscoelastic glycoprotein isolated from rat cauda epididymal fluid, exhibits all of the key biochemical characteristics of a mucin: 1) it has a very high molecular weight (will not pass through a 10(6) dalton cut-off filter; 2) it contains 56% carbohydrate, with low or undetectable levels of mannose, xylose and uronic acid; 3) the carbohydrates (primarily galactose, N-acetylglucosamine and N-acetylgalactosamine) are arranged in short, oligosaccharide chains (4-20 monosaccharides per chain); 4) these oligosaccharide chains can be cleaved by NaOH in the presence of NaBH4, suggesting O-glycosidic linkages; and 5) the protein core is pronase-resistant. Immobilin, however, contains no detectable sialic acid, and 67% of the oligosaccharides are uncharged, indicating that immobilin is less acidic than most other mucins.
Immobilin, the highly viscoelastic glycoprotein isolated from rat cauda epididymal fluid, exhibit... more Immobilin, the highly viscoelastic glycoprotein isolated from rat cauda epididymal fluid, exhibits all of the key biochemical characteristics of a mucin: 1) it has a very high molecular weight (will not pass through a 10(6) dalton cut-off filter; 2) it contains 56% carbohydrate, with low or undetectable levels of mannose, xylose and uronic acid; 3) the carbohydrates (primarily galactose, N-acetylglucosamine and N-acetylgalactosamine) are arranged in short, oligosaccharide chains (4-20 monosaccharides per chain); 4) these oligosaccharide chains can be cleaved by NaOH in the presence of NaBH4, suggesting O-glycosidic linkages; and 5) the protein core is pronase-resistant. Immobilin, however, contains no detectable sialic acid, and 67% of the oligosaccharides are uncharged, indicating that immobilin is less acidic than most other mucins.
The National Science Foundation requires that grantees make an effort to extend the reach of acad... more The National Science Foundation requires that grantees make an effort to extend the reach of academic research to communities beyond the laboratory and address the work's possible ``Broader Impacts'' to society. NSF CAREER awards and many of the NSF Research Center grant solicitations are even more explicit, requiring that grantees craft educational initiatives that are based in best practices, bring the academic research to the broader community, and positively impact the pipeline of students pursuing science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education and careers. For new faculty, and even veteran faculty, these requirements for creative educational initiatives that significantly affect a community outside the confines of the laboratory can be very daunting. This presentation addresses how to design an effective educational plan that incorporates K-12 educational outreach, that will have a real impact on the target audience, and that can realistically ...
Schools and school districts are complex, dynamic systems affected by numerous factors, from indi... more Schools and school districts are complex, dynamic systems affected by numerous factors, from individuals' attributes to federal policies. In this paper, a modeling framework is presented for modeling a school as a complex system. An agent-based modeling strategy is developed such that users may better understand the attributes and relationships that may cause an intervention to succeed or fail. The system state change, including agents' attributes and their relationships, is modeled as a Discrete Time Markov Chain (DTMC). The modeling framework is demonstrated through a case study of a high school where an 'Engineers Without Borders' chapter is founded.
The Georgia Tech Center for Ribosome Adaptation and Evolution, a center funded by the NASA Astrob... more The Georgia Tech Center for Ribosome Adaptation and Evolution, a center funded by the NASA Astrobiology Institute, developed an educational Astrobiology program titled, "Life on the Edge: Astrobiology." .
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