The Duke Center for Science Education promotes interdisciplinary research in science education and community outreach, civic engagement, and service learning opportunities for the Duke community. In addition, we provide state-of-the-art science education resources to K-16 teachers and their students.
 
Congratulations to our Student Incentive Awardees!

October 28, 2009 - Congratulations to students of bSMART, Duke ScienceDays, and FEMMES as well as Jason Klein and Brandon Ruderman.  Their hard work over the next year on science education projects will be presented at the annual Visible Thinking Day in April.  Click here for more information on the Student Incentive Awards.
 
Duke MAT Students are NSF Noyce Supplemental Salary Awardees!!

October 16, 2009 - Tara Blalock and Beth Jarvis, from the 2009 Class of Duke's Masters of Arts in Teaching Program,  and recipients of full tuition fellowships in the MAT Program are now recipients of the Robert Noyce Salary Supplemental Salary Awards!  Each will receive $10,000 annually for the next four years as they teach in high needs public school districts.  Ms. Blalock is teaching chemistry and physical science at West Johnson High School in Benson, NC and Ms. Jarvis is a mathematics teacher at Green Hope High School in Cary, NC.

We congratulate Beth and Tara on this accomplishment!  For more regarding Duke MAT program,  contact Ginny Buckner at ginny.buckner@duke.edu or click here.
 
Rochelle Schwartz-Bloom interviewed about science education at Duke on WCOM

September 30, 2009 - Rochelle Schwartz-Bloom, Director of the Duke Center for Science Education, was interviewed by Ernie Hood on his "Radio In Vivo"  at WCOM in Carrboro, NC.  She discusses her jump from research in neuropharmacology to research in science education. You can hear a pod-cast of the interview on Sept. 30, 2009.
 
Duke Science Ed Project Goes Virtual

January 28, 2009 - Duke Today's Research Blog features a story on a virtual reality program developed by students in Rochelle Schwartz-Bloom's independent study course in science education.  Students Marcel Yang and David McMullen reported to the Visualization Forum about their really cool program to help students learn chemistry--and it's all about alcohol! 

 
Spotlight on Interdisciplinary Studies

August 25, 2008 - Spotlight on Interdisciplinary Studies: The Duke Center for Science Education is highlighted in the July 2008 Spotlight published by the Provost's Office on Interdisciplinary Studies.  Read how the Center interweaves faculty research, student education, and community outreach. 
 
Program Highlighted in Science Magazine

March 10, 2008 - The Pharmacology Education Partnership (PEP), a high school curriculum developed by faculty in the Department of Pharmacology & Cancer Biology and at the NC School of Science & Math, was assessed nationally and published in the Sept.28, 2007 issue of Science Magazine. Details on the paper available here.