Ten tips for getting started in outreach

1) Get in touch. Funding agencies look for strong partnership with educators, and they pay attention to projects that demonstrate an understanding of federal and state standards for science education. Nancy Hutchison, who coordinates the Science Education Partnership at the Fred Hutchison Cancer Research Center in Seattle, says that scientists with big ideas on how to "fix" the system, without teacher input, fail.

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