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The University of Kansas has developed strong research and educational links among graduate students and faculty in the Schools of Engineering and Education in inquiry-based educational activities. A recent US Department of Transportation grant that dealt with air quality issues in the Kansas City Metro area provided an opportunity for graduate students in both schools to learn a variety of teaching strategies that were employed in JR and Senior high schools in modular form. The approach involved development of module-based inquiry experiments and field work, team building approaches, interdisciplinary work, and non-classroom based evaluation tools for science education. The graduate students translated their experiences for use in their own teaching efforts.