The University of Notre Dame

Science, Mathematics and Engineering Outreach Center

(SITE UNDER CONSTRUCTION)

The University of Notre Dame Homepage	Notre Dame Outreach Centers	Local School Corporations
Saint Marys College	Indiana University at South Bend Education Department	Local Institutions and Community Organizations
Links to Local Science Museums	Links to interesting Science Education sites	Links to Governmental and other Science support sites

NISMEC The Northern Indiana Science, Mathematics and Engineering Collaboration

The NISMEC Newsletter
RET Research Experiences for Teachers at Notre Dame
Quarknet The QuarkNet Center at Notre Dame
JINA The Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics
Legoland The Lego Robotics Competition at Notre Dame
College of Science Physics, Chemistry & biochemistry, Biological Sciences, Preprofessional Studies
College of Engineering Electrical, Aerospace & Mechanical, Chemical, Civil and Geological, Computer Engineering
The John A. Kaneb Center for Teaching and Learning
ACE The Alliance for Catholic Education
The Notre Dame Office of Community Relations in downtown South Bend
ND Precollege Programs, covering a wide variety of disciplines
The Freimann Life Science Center outreach program for animal care

John Glenn	South Bend	Mishawaka
New Prairie	Penn-Harris-Madison
South Bend Catholic Schools	Union North

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Local Institutions and Community Organizations:

TAMS, The Teachers Academy for Maths and Sciences,Chicago	St. Joseph County Park District
ETHOS, Encouraging Technology and Hands-On Science, Elkhart	NIESC, Northern Indiana Educational Services Center

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Some Children's and Science Museums

Healthworks Kids' Museum Memorial Hospital, South Bend
Hannah Lindahl's Childrens Museum Main St., Mishawaka
Curious Kids' Museum Benton Harbor
The Childrens' Museum Indianapolis
COSI The Columbus Science Museum
Chicago Science Museum on the Lake Front at 57th Street
Scitech Hands-on Museum in Aurora, Illinois, just west of Chicago
DuPage Children's Museum in Naperville, just west of the Tri-state I-94, Chicago
The Exploratorium San Francisco

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Some Other interesting science sites

Guided Inquiry, Lillian C. McDermott and The Physics Education Group of the Physics Department, University of Washington
A Progress Report On Decade-Long Science Education Reform Movement from Bayer, 11 May 2004
ITN The Innovative Science Teaching NewsletterVirtual Museums and more
STSCE A BIBLIOGRAPHY of "Students' and Teachers' Conceptions and Science Education"
SDSA San Diego Science Alliance
Science Toys Construction fun
Physics Videos, from Wake Forest University
Physics Demos, from Glenbrook South Highschool
A Web-based physics course, First principles, from Michigan State University

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Governmental and other science support links

SEFI Science Foundation of Indiana
HASTI Hoosier Association of Science Teachers
NSTA National Science Teachers Association
Education in St. Joseph County, Chamber of Commerce
IDEA Indiana Department of Education
--------- Indiana Academic Standards Resources
U.S. Department of Education
U.S. National Science Foundation, Education Department
The Siemens Foundation, Scholarships and awards
CIESE Center for Innovation in Engineering & Science Education
The Space Sciences Laboratory at UC Berkeley
GLOBE A worldwide, hands-on education and science program
TERC Research in Science and Math Learning
Yahoo K-12 science listing
South Bend City Directory

For further information about our organization, or for suggestions for further inclusions in this web-page, contact Gordon Berry at hgberry@nd.edu or 574-631-4012

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