Workforce Development for Teachers and Scientists

Run by the Department of Energy’s Office of Science, the Workforce Development for Teachers and Scientists program aims to provide a continuum of opportunities to students and teachers of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). Learn more here.

BEST Robotics Competition, Teacher Training

BEST (Boosting Engineering, Science and Technology) Robotics Inc. is a non-profit, volunteer-based organization whose mission is to inspire students to pursue careers in engineering, science, and technology through participation in a sports-like, science and engineering-based robotics competition. For more information about BEST, its National Conference, and its Teacher Training Pre-Conference Workshops, click here.

INSPIRE Summer Academy

Purdue University’s offers a one-week program for P-6th grade educators who are interested in learning more about innovative methods for integrating engineering thinking into their classrooms. Participants in the Summer Academy: Work side by side with engineering and engineering education researchers to learn what engineers do and how they solve problems and what this means [...]