Shodor Education Foundation, Inc.

For Educators...

By partnering with schools, universities and civic organizations, Shodor offers innovative workshops helping faculty and teachers incorporate computational science into their own curricula or programs. This work is done primarily through its National Computational Science Institute (NCSI) http://www.computationalscience.org/ in partnership with TeraGrid, NCSA, and other NSF-funded initiatives. In addition, Shodor offers customized professional development workshops for groups of educators nationwide at reasonable rates.

For Students...

For students from middle school through undergraduate levels of education, Shodor offers workshops, apprenticeships, internships and off-site programs that explore new approaches to math and science education through computational science and offer training in some of the latest technology skills.

SUCCEED WORKSHOPS
http://www.shodor.org/succeed/
SUCCEED Workshops for middle school through high school students interested in math, science, and technology. These workshops are held at Shodor's offices in Durham. Support provided by the Burroughs Wellcome Fund.

SUCCEED APPRENTICESHIPS
http://www.shodor.org/succeed/apprenticeships/
SUCCEED Apprenticeship Program An intensive two-year program funded by the National Science Foundation for high school students, training them in technology skills while exploring math and science concepts.

INTERNSHIPS
http://www.shodor.org/mentorcenter/
Internships at Shodor's offices in Durham are offered to selected high school and college students with experience and interests in graphics, network/systems administration, programming, teaching, math or science.

PATHWAYS TO CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE
Through the Pathways to CyberInfrastructure project, we help organizations to incorporate Shodor's interactive math and science activities into their existing programs for youth.

Online Education Tools...

Shodor's free online education tools are used by educators and students alike.

These tools offer:
- innovative interactive approaches to teaching and learninG math and science concepts;
- guidelines and discussion points for both the learner and instructor; and
- a nice fit into a variety of curriculum programs.

COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCE EDUCATION REFERENCE DESK
cserd.nsdl.org
Shodor is one of 11 institutions nationally charged with providing the scientific content for the National Science Digital Library (NSDL). Shodor develops and maintains CSERD as a peer reviewed resource in computational science education.

INTERACTIVATE
shodor.org/interactivate
This is a popular set of interactive math and science education materials geared for grades 3 -12, including lesson plans, discussions and activities.

MASTER TOOLS
Shodor.org/master
Online software for mathematical and scientific modeling. These are designed to be interactive tools and simulation environments that enable and encourage exploration and discovery through observation, conjecture, and modeling activities.

SUCCEED CURRICULUM
Shodor.org/succeed/curriculum
A collection of activities and lesson plans adapted from Shodor?s own workshops that incorporate computational elements into math and science explorations.

LEARNING DISABILITY PROGRAMS:

BRAILLE
brl.org
Providing educators, parents, future and current braille transcribers, and other interested persons with the knowledge to create Grade 2 braille documents using one or several braille writing devices.

DEAF STEM
Shodor.org/succeedhi
Online lessons and activities with corresponding sign language video for hearing impaired students and their instructors.