In 2022, our Scientist in Every Florida School team along with the University of Florida College of Education, the UF Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering, and St. Mary’s College of Maryland received a three-year, $1.3 million National Science Foundation grant to teach Florida middle school teachers and students how to use artificial intelligence (AI) to identify fossil shark teeth.

A core component of the project is a series of three annual professional development programs. During these programs, Florida teachers learn to use a branch of AI called “machine learning,” to teach computers how to use shape, color, and texture to identify the teeth of the extinct giant shark megalodon. They work alongside scientists and engineers to create customizable, standards-based lesson plans to bring back to their classrooms.

Learn more about the project in our blog post and press release.

Learn more about each teacher cohort: