The Center for Science and Math Education Research at UPR was created with support from the National Science Foundation through its Innovation through Institutional Integration (I3) Program. The Center’s goals ate to: support and strengthen science education research that is conducted at UPRRP and at participating K-12 schools, develop educational research skills in UPRRP faculty and teachers from K-12 schools, reinforce scientific and math content on K-12 teachers, and promote outreach of scientific projects to schools and the community through the schools.