Director Sam Stier has been invited to keynote the Utah Association of Elementary School Principals Mid-Winter Conference, in St. George, a gathering of some 300 principals and superintendents from the southern Utah region.
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We’re excited to be partnering with Education Outside to help pilot our Earth Innovators program. Education Outside advances science education and environmental literacy by teaching outdoors in public schools, sparking children’s interest in science and connecting them to the natural world through hands-on learning in school gardens. With the help…
We’re excited to be launching a new engineering and design program for upper elementary grades! The Earth Innovators Program will support and highlight the work of teachers doing Nature-inspired design projects with their students in 4th and 5th grade. Aligned with the NGSS, the program will provide curricula materials, professional development, and more…
The Los Angeles Times published this piece by The Center for Learning with Nature’s Director today. The article traces the connection between concrete, climate change, the Syrian conflict and extremism, and technological innovation inspired by coral. The LA Times is the largest metropolitan newspaper in circulation in the U.S., and the…
Director Sam Stier will lead 400 middle school students and train over 50 educators in bio-inspired design activities at this year’s BioFest, the two-day festival hosted by the Tolfree Foundation in West Branch, Michigan. This year’s BioFest combines National Geographic’s BioBlitz with “BioVation”, an exploration of Nature-inspired solutions to benefit life on Earth.
Engineering Inspired by Nature, the middle and high school curriculum developed by The Center for Learning with Nature, was just honored as a WINNER in the 2016 REVERE Awards. The REVERE Awards are given by the Association of American Publishers to “identify and honor high quality resources” to support “quality content…
At the invitation of the Utah STEM Action Center, The Center for Learning with Nature’s Director Sam Stier will keynote the annual STEM Best Practices conference in Sandy, Utah, on June 21st, 2016. The conference is Utah’s premiere gathering of STEM teachers, industry representatives, and others connected to STEM education and…
Come join The Center for Learning with Nature for PD this Summer, to learn how the fascinating world of innovation inspired by Nature can enrich your STEM teaching. This online synchronous course is FREE for upper elementary, middle, or high school STEM teachers this summer only. What is innovation inspired by Nature?…
Engineering Inspired by Nature, our engineering curriculum for middle and high school students, was awarded a “Top Product of 2015” from District Administration Magazine, the most widely read publication of education administration professionals. They received over 2,000 entries this year. You can learn more at www.districtadministration.com.
We’re launching our website! Tell us what you think. Strange that a website can be a labor of love, but it is, after all, an expression of our mission and passion to the world. Please pass it on to educators you think may be interested!
