CSTL

Project Focus: FEWSION for Community Resilience™

Posted by hipaa on July 7, 2021

Check out these recent updates from the FEWSION for Community Resilience™ project, on which the CSTL’s Sean Ryan is a project coordinator:

Training Manual Published

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

CSTL Published in Afterschool Matters: PD for STEM Educators

Posted by hipaa on June 23, 2021

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

Citizen-Led Community Innovation for Food Energy Water Nexus Resilience

Posted by hipaa on June 2, 2021

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 multiple… Read more

Getting to Know CSTL: Meet Lori Rubino-Hare

Posted by hipaa on May 14, 2021

Lori flexes with a shirt that says, "GIS is my super power"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 and… Read more

NAU’s CSTL contributes to Flagstaff Community STEM Celebration

Posted by hipaa on May 13, 2021

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

Alumni Spotlight: Victoria Heimink

Posted by hipaa on April 14, 2021

Victoria stands in front of cannabis at her new jobThe 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 up… Read more

Getting to Know CSTL: Meet Theresa Fuller

Posted by hipaa on April 9, 2021

Theresa Fuller's directory photo

Theresa is Assistant Clinical Professor with the NAUTeach program at the CSTL. She started as a mentor teacher for NAUTeach while also teaching middle and high school mathematics here in Flagstaff. She has a B.S. in Education from Central Michigan University and a M.Ed. with a Technology Emphasis from Lesley University. In 2017, she received her National Board Certification in Mathematics/Early Adolescence. Let’s meet Theresa!

How long have you… Read more

Getting to Know CSTL: Meet Anne Hamlin

Posted by hipaa on April 2, 2021

Anne and her family taking a selfie in front of forest views

Anne is a Research Associate at the CSTL. She started her career working in geology, earning her MS in the field, authoring peer-reviewed articles, and working on large projects such as the BP Oil Spill. Now, Anne works to provide STEM education training and materials to teachers and students across the 4-corners states. Let’s meet Anne!

How long have you been at… Read more

Alumni Spotlight: Danny Patrick Lopez

Posted by hipaa on February 24, 2021

The CSTL is proud to work with the next generation of Science and Math educators, helping them along their path in becoming highly qualified teachers who inspire students every day. We checked in with one of our alumni to see what he is doing after his time with the Center at NAU.

Meet Danny Patrick Lopez.

What are you up to nowadays Danny?

Currently, I am teaching science at a secondary school in… Read more

Getting to Know CSTL: Meet Ron Gray

Posted by hipaa on February 12, 2021

Ron is an Associate Professor of Science Education, Graduate Programs Coordinator, and President’s Distinguished Teaching Fellow here at NAU. He’s a graduate of Willamette University where he earned his B.A. in Biology and M.A.T in Secondary Science Teaching, as well as Oregon State University where he earned his Ph.D. in Science Education. His work focuses on providing secondary science teachers the tools to design and implement learning experiences for their… Read more

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