STEM Ed Announcement: Toyota TAPESTRY Grants for Science Teachers

[Morton Sternheim <mort@k12s.phast.umass.edu>]

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Calling All K12 Science Teachers: Toyota TAPESTRY Program Now Accepting
Entries for the 20th Annual Science Grant Competition

The Toyota TAPESTRY Grants for Science Teachers program, sponsored by Toyota
Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc., and administered by NSTA, is now accepting
entries for the 20092010 competition. Now in its 20th year, the program
offers grants up to $10,000 to K12 science teachers for innovative projects
that enhance science education in their school and/or school district over a
one-year period. 

Fifty large grants and a minimum of 20 mini-grants totaling $550,000 will be
awarded this year. Individual science teachers or a team of up to five
teachers can submit proposals in one of three categories: physical science
application; environmental science education; and integrating literacy and
science. A judging panel convened by the NSTA will select the award-winning
projects based on several criteria, including their innovative approach in
teaching science and ability to create a stimulating and hands-on learning
environment. 

Since the programs inception in 1990, Toyota TAPESTRY grants totaling more
than $8.6 million have been awarded to science teachers across the country.
More than 2,000 teachers have used those funds to develop and execute
extraordinary programs that helped hundreds of thousands of students
nationwide make a passionate connection with science.

For more information about the Toyota TAPESTRY Grants for Science Teachers
program or to learn how to apply, visit www.nsta.org/pd/tapestry.
Applications must be submitted no later than January 18, 2010 to be
considered. Dont delay, apply now!