Director Sam Stier again helped lead BioFest, an annual event for several hundred middle school students in the mid-Michigan region. During the two-day outdoor event, students learn how to use the bio-inspired design process and go on to develop their own original design concepts. This year, the 6th annual BioFest…
Pathlight International, a non-profit organization that provides training to teachers in Belize, invited LWN Director Sam Stier to give a one-day, online training to 40 teachers working in primary and middle schools across the country of Belize. It was the first time the teachers had been introduced to using biomimetic…
Director Sam Stier has been invited by NASA to share his experience bringing bio-inspired innovation into K-12 education at the 2020 Virtual Fall Biocene Workshop, hosted by NASA’s Virtual Interchange for Nature-Inspired Exploration (VINE) group. NASA’s VINE group’s mission is, “With inspiration from nature and natural systems as its driving…
The University of Idaho’s College of Education is offering a new class for teachers, using The Center for Learning with Nature’s director Sam Stier’s new book as the class text. The class is taught by Beth Brubaker, the Invent Idaho Invention Convention State Director.
Director Sam Stier was invited to keynote the 2019 Shanghai International STEAM Education Expo, the largest event of its kind in China. Thousands of education professionals from across China, Europe, the U.S., and beyond attended the two-day event, hosted by STEAMEX China and the North American Youth Technology Education Association….
The Iowa City Community School District in the state of Iowa, comprising over 14,000 students in the tri-city area of Iowa City, Coralville, and North Liberty, has adopted the Engineering Inspired by Nature curriculum to use in its Extended Learning Program (ELP) for upper elementary students! The curriculum was originally…
The Center for Learning with Nature is fortunate to be among six non-profit organizations working together to develop education materials for integration into EU educational systems. The materials will be translated into English, Dutch, Hungarian, Czech, and Slovak. The three year project is funded by the European Commission’s Erasmus+ program.
The Center for Learning with Nature was invited for the third year to participate and help lead the 3rd Annual BioFest in West Branch, Michigan. BioFest, the brain child of Cynthia Cox-Longchamps of the Tolfree Foundation, includes a two-day Nature-filled experience at the Tolfree Wellness Park next to the West…
The Center for Learning with Nature is honored to be the recipient of a grant from the United Engineering Foundation. The United Engineering Foundation traces its origins to 1904, when it was first founded with funding from Andrew Carnegie. The United Engineering Foundation’s vision is to advance the engineering arts and…
The National Science Foundation has awarded a grant to The Center for Learning with Nature and our partners at the College of Education at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. The three-year grant will support the evaluation of pre-service teacher training and the implementation of a new, Nature-oriented STEM curriculum for…
In acknowledgement of the National Science Foundation’s support in developing some of our materials.
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