Principal Investigator: Dr. Eve Farre
Co-Principal Investigator: Dr. David Stroupe, Dr. Carol Buell, Dr. Arjun Krishnan, and Dr. Addie Thompson
Project Dates: May 1, 2020 - April 30, 2025 (estimated)
Award Amount: $2,206,532.00
Funder: U.S. National Science Foundation
Eve Farre, associate professor in MSU's Department of Plant Biology led the study, which ultimately helped optimize the growth of potatoes. David Stroupe, former associate professor in the MSU College of Education, currently an Associate Professor and Director of Research, Usable STEM Research and Practice Hub at the University of Utah served as a Co-PI.
“One challenge for future science teachers is that they rarely have opportunities to engage in disciplinary practices that are now the norm for K-12 students,” said Stroupe, who formerly served as associate director for STEM Teacher Education in the CREATE for STEM Institute. “In this project, four future teachers will have the exciting opportunity to be immersed in Dr. Farré’s laboratory, help conduct potato research and then teach an undergraduate science course.”
“I wanted to reach out to Dr. Stroupe to improve skills for teaching science experiments in schools,” Farré said. “Providing a lab experience will help define the research activities and teaching models that work best to learn the skills they need as teachers.”
