PROJECTS
WITH OTHERS
Local to Global
Mountain Gorilla
STEAM Conservation Projects with Bwindi Youth Guardians
Establish program that empowers Bwindi Youth Guardian groups to design and do STEAM conservation projects around the mountain gorillas’ forest of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. Partner: Uganda's Conservation Through Public Health.
Projects to Restore Agency of Indigenous Batwa (Uganda)
Partner with Batwa individuals and organizations; and local Bwindi organizations to create opportunities to restore cultural agency by empowering Batwa communities to practice traditional ways and retain 80,000 years of forest knowledge.
The Biomimicry Institute
Youth Design Challenge
Co-developed an NGSS-aligned project-based instructional approach and storyline that challenges youth to design a biomimicry-based solution to a local problem identified in the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Michigan-relevant Inquiry-across-content Professional Learning
Guam-relevant STEM K-12 Plan & Professional Learning
This multi-year relationship with Guam Department of Education focuses on integrating island-relevant STEM experiences addressing environmental and cultural issues through all grades. Aligned to Next Gen. Science Stds.
Decolonizing STEM lessons by integrating Indigenous Ways of Knowing
With Indigenous colleagues, virtual and in-person conference sessions, keynotes, and PDs explore how and why to decolonize lessons and teaching practices by integrating Indigenous ways and knowledge.
Culturally-honoring
Presentations and Keynotes
Presentations and keynotes on topics such as “How can we work with others to create compassion-driven, culturally-relevant, place-based solutions to conservation and justice problems?” And “What does it mean to call our planet MOTHER EARTH?”
Indigenized STEAM Curriculum
Collaboration with indigenous educators to develop culturally-honoring STEAM curriculum for this middle school that is rooted in indigenous knowledge while integrating parallel convention science through NGSS-based Colorado Science Standards.
Captain Planet’s Project Hero
Solutions-based NGSS-aligned action project units were developed for Captain Planet Foundation’s Project Hero, a online learning platform to engage & empower young people to design and implement solutions to local environmental issues.
Conference & Customized
Professional Learning Experiences
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Interactive professional learning sessions for local to international conferences, educator groups, organizations, agencies.
India-relevant
Module Development
An India-relevant STEM module, designing an accurate package delivery system using parachutes dropped from drones, was developed for a STEM academy that was providing STEM curriculum to India schools.
Informal Education Program Development and Docent Training
Inquiry-based educational programming was developed for on-site and outreach activities at a new wildlife museum; research and content writing contributed to an interactive ecosystem exhibit; zoo, museum, and state parks docents have been trained in relevant-STEM instruction .
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