The Center for Science, Mathematics, and Technology Education (CSMATE), instituted in 1991, is aimed at fostering improvements, innovations, and reforms in science, mathematics, and technology instruction from kindergarten through college. Sponsored jointly by Colorado State University's College of Natural Sciences and College of Applied Human Sciences, CSMATE (pronounced "C-S-MATE") is co-directed by Christine Jones and Judith Hannah while the search for a new director is under way. CSMATE's offices, classrooms, and labs are housed in the Natural and Environmental Sciences Building on the Colorado State campus.
Below are a few CSMATE programs aimed at shaping science and math education.
t	Rocky Mountain Teacher Education Collaborative: Now in a post-project evaluation phase, RMTEC (pronounced "ROM-TEK") was a five-year project funded by the National Science Foundation to improve the preparation of math and science education students at Colorado State, University of Northern Colorado, Metropolitan State College, Front Range Community College, Aims Community College, and Community College of Denver. Through these institutions, RMTEC awarded scholarships to more than 100 future science and math teachers. In addition, RMTEC faculty developed curricula that incorporated student-centered, experiential, and inquiry-based methods and used these curricula to restructure more than 90 classes.
t	National Center for Small-Scale Science: Recognizing that traditional laboratory experiments require expensive equipment and large quantities of chemicals, Colorado State chemistry professor Stephen Thompson developed strategies for doing just the opposite. His approach uses inexpensive materials and relatively tiny amounts of chemicals while giving students more hands-on experience in the lab. Thompson and Ed Waterman, a teacher at Rocky Mountain High School, have taught these techniques to hundreds of educators in Colorado and other states.
t	The Little Shop of Physics: Colorado State physics instructor Brian Jones has developed a traveling exhibit of 60-some experiments that can be replicated almost anywhere by almost anyone. The program reaches more than 15,000 students every year through day-long programs, after-school teacher workshops, and evening presentations.
t	Keys to Science: Sponsored by the Keystone Science School, this 10-day workshop trains 15 high school teachers new instructional methods in biotechnology, molecular biology, and cell biology.
t	Colorado Integrated Mathematics Initiative: This initiative acquaints secondary teachers with a math curriculum that integrates concepts from algebra, geometry, probability, and data analysis. 
t	Teachers in Residence: Through this program, school teachers work at Colorado State for one year to help improve teacher preparation. 
Funding for CSMATE has been provided by the National Science Foundation, with additional support from the Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Department of Education's Eisenhower Program, Gates Foundation, Annenberg Foundation, Packard Foundation, Hewlett-Packard, and the Colleges of Applied Human Sciences and Natural Sciences.
www.csmate.colostate.edu/