May 19 – 21, 2023– The lofty concrete space of the NAU Fieldhouse took on a new dimension by hosting the Lunar Legacy Invitational for youth competing in LEGO Robotics. Only two things are required to get middle school students interested in science: space and robots. That is precisely what the… Read more
The Center for Science Teaching and Learning (CSTL) and the Department of STEM Education (DSE) at Northern Arizona University (NAU) invite applications for a scholar of higher education at the rank of assistant research professor beginning August 2023.
The CSTL is committed to strategically increasing its capacity to provide local and national leadership in STEM education through advanced research and scholarly activities. As a recently designated Hispanic-serving institution (HSI), NAU seeks a scholar with background and scholarly interest… Read more
Check out these recent updates from the FEWSION for Community Resilience™ project, on which the CSTL’s Sean Ryan is a project coordinator:
The F4R™ team has worked hard to compile a comprehensive training manual for participants who wish to learn how to leverage the F4R™ process to build resilience in their communities. This training manual is a guide for the F4R™ process. It contains suggested activities and content that promote learning, research, and action focused on supply chains.… Read more
The CSTL PLANETS team recently published an article in the Afterschool Matters journal on the professional learning support that is needed to meet the varying needs of out-of-school time STEM educators.
Check out the abstract:
Flexibility, opportunities for exploration, and a focus on 21st century skills make out-of-school time (OST) programs an ideal environment for authentic learning in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM; Committee on STEM Education, 2013; Noam & Shah, 2014). In addition, because OST programs serve significant populations… Read more
Check out this publication from the team working on the FEWSION for Community Resilience initiative, including CSTL’s Sean Ryan and Nena Bloom
Frontiers in Environmental Science, posted September 23, 2020
Release of the article by Emma Hibbett, Richard Rushforth, Elisabeth Roberts, Sean Ryan, Kyle Pfeiffer, Nena Bloom, Benjamin L Ruddell, published in Frontiers in Environmental Science, section Science and Environmental Communication. doi: 10.3389/fenvs.2020.571614
“Food-energy-water (FEW) resources are necessary for the function of… Read more
Lori is a Professional Development Coordinator at the CSTL. She was a middle-school teacher in Arizona for 13 years before coming to the CSTL. Lori is a proud NAU alumna with a BSEd in Elementary Ed and a MEd with distinction in Gifted Special Education. Lori has worked on a number of grants with the CSTL funded by NSF… Read more
The Flagstaff Community STEM Celebration went virtual this year with the help of NAU’s Center for Science Teaching and Learning.
Anne Hamlin of the CSTL and STEM City board member helped coordinate the virtual week-long event that featured local STEM organizations with videos about how they use STEM in their daily work.
The videos premiered each night the first week of May and are indefinitely available.
The CSTL contributed a video produced by NAU students and Assistant Clinical Professor, Theresa Fuller. Keefer… Read more
The Center for Science Teaching and Learning has received a $359K NASA grant to develop a replicable engagement model to prepare planetary scientists to engage audiences in planetary science with an explicit focus on Black and Latinx communities.
The CSTL team, led by PI Lori Rubino-Hare, will partner with the Lunar and Planetary Institute on Planetary Resources and Content Heroes (ReaCH) to develop a replicable engagement model for preparing NASA scientists to engage diverse audiences in planetary science.
A needs assessment… Read more
The CSTL is proud to work with the next generation of Science and Math educators, as well as students who enter the vocational world in whatever industry they choose. We checked in with one of our alumni to see what she is doing after her time with the Center at NAU.
Meet Victoria Heimink, 2017 graduate from NAUTeach in Chemistry.
What are you… Read more
Northern Arizona University is seeking elementary and middle grade Out-of-School Time STEM practitioners to participate in a study of effective practices for emergent bilingual learners, Native American learners, and learners who are experiencing physical disabilities. We ask for three years of experience for participation in these focus groups.