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Inspiring Young Scientists Through STEAM Education

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Our world changes every day, and with that, our teaching practice does to: there is always more to learn as a STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Math) educator. In this three part series, we’ll look at ways to inspire our young scientists and make concepts such as data and computational thinking engaging!  Register for the three part "Live Learning" experience: Inspiring Young Scientists Through STEAM Education.


Helping Students Interpret Data

March 19th @7PM ET

Data,data, data..data is everywhere! How do we teach students to interpret data? To care about data? All the cool things that can be done because of data? Look no further, join us on this LIVE conversation with NASA experts to explore how they brought visualizations of the Earth to the palm of your hands all using..you guessed it..DATA!  

Peter Dorofy, Director, and John D. Moore, Executive Director, at the Institute for Earth Observations and the Palmyra Nature Park will join our PBS Digital Innovator All Star hosts, Bobbi Starling and Sebastian Byers to talk about STEAM education, and highlight exciting resources and models that you can immediately implement in your classroom.

PBS will provide a certificate of attendance for each one hour virtual professional learning event.

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Exploring Models Inspired by Nature

April 2nd @7PM ET

How many of your students know that velcro, helmets and wind farms are all inventions inspired by ideas we see in nature?  In this last of our three-part “Inspiring Young Scientists” series, world renowned anatomist Dr. Joy Reidenberg, along with Megan Schuknecht from the Biomimicry Institute, will join us to talk about how to engage our students, and get them excited about science and design innovations that were inspired by nature.

Dr. Reidenberg and Megan will join PBS Digital Innovator All Star Sharon Clark to talk about STEAM education, and highlight exciting resources and models that you can immediately implement in your classroom.

PBS will provide a certificate of attendance for each one-hour virtual professional learning event.

Download your certificate of attendance here

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