STAR Program
The STAR (STEM Teacher and Researcher) Program provides aspiring and early career K-12 STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) teachers paid summer research experiences at national, university, and independent laboratories. STAR Fellows pursue a prestigious "teacher-researcher" career path starting with an original research project for 9 weeks. Weekly education workshops and conferences support Fellows considering how the "doing of science" can be translated into the "teaching of science. " Each STAR Fellow presents their research at a conference. Many become STEM leaders and go on to present at state and national teaching and professional society meetings.
STAR aims to enhance the recruitment, preparation, and retention of high quality STEM teachers. The STAR program is administered on behalf the California State University system by the Cal Poly Center for Excellence in Science and Mathematics Education (CESaME). STAR has supported hundreds of Fellows since its inception in 2006.
This Digital Commons series presents Fellow's research presentations in poster and short-oral presentation formats illustrating the diverse fields of inquiry and depth of research projects engagement provided by our partner lab sites.
For more information visit: StarTeacherResearcher.org
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About STAR - STEM Teacher and Researcher Program
Poster presented at the Teacher Research Experience Conference
This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under multiple grants and contributions from philanthropic foundations. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
Sandia National Laboratory/California (SNL)
Identifying Species in Mass Spectra Using Principal Component Analysis (PCA), Bradley Powers and Bernice Mills
Space Sciences Laboratory at UC Berkeley (SSL)
Hunting Starstuff: Searching for Calcium-Aluminum-Rich Inclusions in Cometary Dust, Christian Engelbrecht
Observing Magnetic Fields and Currents at the Night and Terminator Sides of Mars Through the Mars Global Surveyor Data, Nicole Ponce, Matthey Fillingim, and Alexander Fogle
Probing the Alfvén Speed Profile Using Type II Radio Bursts, Peter Sullivan and Hazel M. Bain
Center for Biophotonics Science and Technology (CBST)
Discovery of an Apoptosis Inducing Ligand for Burkitt Lymphoma, Carolyn Laymon, Kyla Bradylong, Mary Saunders, David Olivos, and Kit Lam
Proteomic Sample Preparation Method: Rodent Blood High Abundant Protein Removal, Sasha Silvelstrini and Brett Chromy
Verification of the Kcat Value of AAT via COPASI, Jeremy A. Waddell, Roque Troz, Melissa P. Hill, and Delmar S. Larsen