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Bioscience Frontiers

Exciting career opportunities await Wisconsin's emerging workforce.

New Agriculture

Breakthroughs in our new agricultural economy promise innovations and jobs.

Healthcare

Advances in technology are opening up new careers in many healthcare fields.

Energy

Future energy independence requires a tech-savvy workforce.

Nanotechnology

Informatics

RESOURCES

Students, parents and educators speak up about science education. (0.72 MB)
Bioenergy 101 - Common Vocabulary (0.31 MB PDF)
Why is it so difficult to create cellulosic ethanol? (1.69 MB PDF)
Teaching Nanotechnology (1.2 MB PDF)

NanoVenture: The Nanotechnology Board Game
Materials Research Science and Engineering Center UW-Madison
Ag in the Classroom
Growing Power
Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems
How Stuff Works
North Carolina Biotechnology Center
Iowa State Office of Biotechnology
Biotech Institute
Biovoyage
Nanotechnology Education
Innovation Watch

The Science Literacy Project: Supporting Our Educators

The current level of scientific literacy in Wisconsin and nationwide is alarmingly low. One key reason is that teachers often do not have the necessary tools to integrate cutting-edge science topics into their curricula. The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that employment in math and science jobs in the US will increase from approximately 6.77 million jobs in 2006 to 7.98 million jobs in 2016. This is an increase of 17.8% in approximately 790 different job titles.

Our mission is to bridge the gap between the exponential growth of science discovery and science education by providing teachers with the tools to incorporate emerging science fields into their curriculum. SciFusion seeks to transform the way students view and do science, and prepare them to enter the workforce pipeline feeding today's knowledge-based economy.

How You Can Help
We hope you share our enthusiasm for the role of science literacy in creating a strong future workforce, strong communities and a strong Wisconsin economy. The jobs of the future will continue to require an increased level of scientific understanding and the WSLP will offer the resources to meet those needs.

The The Science Literacy Project seeks partners to help us reach our goals. Specific needs include financial support, in-kind goods and services, volunteers and expertise. We are actively pursuing federal, state and private funding to support SciFusion. A collective effort between the public and private sectors will ensure a more science-literate populace that will support a strong technology-based Wisconsin economy.

You can make a difference by participating in The Science Literacy Project. Please join us with your energy, experience and resources.

The SciFusion.org portal is a work in progress. We are interested to hear your comments from an educators perspective on what we have here now and what you would like to see in the future. Take a look around the site. You can send us your comments by filling out the form below. We look forward to hearing from you!