Show Summary:

From Sphero chariot races to a straw rocket challenge between engineers and educators, Claire and Natasha reflect on the K-12 Educator Institute, a workshop they facilitated as part of the Great Minds In STEM conference. They share ideas and big takeaways for facilitating STEM PD for teachers. Claire also tortures Natasha with questions from her students' “Brain Building Box!”

Links from the Show:

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Great Minds In STEM

Northrop Grumman

NASA Space Exploration Educators Conference (SEEC)

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