Check out Invention Education: Portraits, Strategies and Starting Points podcast series, the latest installment in our STEM Talks series.
Xan Black Joins the TIES and STEM Learning Ecosystems Team
Ecosystem Leader Wants to Ensure That Every Child Has Goals, Hope and Pathways Xan Black has a quote at the end of her emails from Winston Churchill. It reads, “Never, never, never give up.” While the …
Read MoreEmpowering communities through invention education
An Interview with Arthur Daemmrich, Director of the Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation Starting out Arthur Daemmrich, director of the Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention …
Read MoreSaving children and pets from death by hot car
Mother, Wanda Ray, beams with pride about her daughter’s invention and the impact it had on her confidence. As a kid, Wanda played with dollhouses and Barbies. She doesn’t recall doing any inventing …
Read MoreAn autonomous tool helping to save baby pigs
SwineTech CEO, Matthew Rooda, shares how his company is helping to save the world Voice recognition is a very big part of life at SwineTech. Leveraging voice recognition, SwineTech listens to little b …
Read MoreBringing students together through invention education
An interview with Oakland Park, Florida Educator Clara Mabour Clara Mabour teaches biology, marine science, and global perspectives at her alma mater Northeast High School in Oakland Park, Florida. As …
Read MoreLeading the world to whatever is next
Oregon educator, Katrina Hull, is preparing the next generation of problem solvers Katrina Hull looks back and doesn’t know how she ended up as a CTE teacher. “I think I just kept saying yes, over and …
Read MoreUnderdogs to rocket systems champs
Teacher, Doug Scott, shows us how to get the disconnected kids involved Rocket Boys “I had four students that participated on our Lemelson MIT event team in 2013 and 2014 – Ford, Jason, Nick and Jim,” …
Read MoreWomen as engineers – encouraging and engaging students earlier
An interview with mechanical engineer and entrepreneur, Katelyn Sweeney Mechanical engineer and entrepreneur, Katelyn Sweeny is pretty convinced that everybody has an internal venture with which they’ …
Read MoreToggling Switches, Loading Decks, Inventing His Future
Raul “Rudy” Reyna Credits Early Invention Experience for Life’s Successes Dr. Raul “Rudy” Reyna was in high school and he asked his geometry teacher a question that would change his life: “What is a c …
Read MoreFailing forward, jumping up and down and changing the narrative
An interview with Portland, Oregon Educator Kristin Moon Testing the boundaries When Portland, Ore. teacher Kristin Moon taught in middle school, her classroom was directly above the school office. On …
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