by Vaughn Cooper | May 18, 2023 | Uncategorized
We are thrilled to have been awarded a 3-year grant (2022-2025) from the National Science Foundation to become a BioSci Research Experiences for Teachers (BIORETS) training site. Each summer, we will recruit and provide excellent stipends for middle school and high...
by Vaughn Cooper | May 18, 2023 | Uncategorized
EvolvingSTEM and our BIORETS summer training program was profiled by PittMed Magazine in an article called “Mutant Summer.” …in early 2022, a $600,000 three-year grant from the National Science Foundation began funding a new eight-week summer program...
by Vaughn Cooper | May 22, 2019 | Uncategorized
I am often asked, “What IS EvolvingSTEM?” Here’s how the conversation usually goes: Me: “It’s based on a weeklong experiment with bacteria that demonstrates evolution in action.” Them: “For college classes, right?” Me: “No, for introductory and advanced high school...
by Vaughn Cooper | Apr 28, 2019 | Uncategorized
Get a closer look into how students and teachers at Pittsburgh Science & Technology Academy took a hands approach to evolution with our curriculum on 90.5 WESA. “[…] I would implore all teachers to give it a try because the engagement of the student is so...
by admin | Feb 24, 2019 | Uncategorized
Our article on student learning gains after using EvolvingSTEM in their classroom has been published in Evolution: Education and Outreach. Cooper VS, Warren TM, Matela AM, Handwork M, Scarponi S. 2019. EvolvingSTEM: A microbial evolution-in-action curriculum that...
by admin | Feb 24, 2019 | Uncategorized
EvolvingSTEM was featured on WESA’s The Confluence, a daily news show in the Pittsburgh area. You can listen to the full segments here. Evolving STEM is a program that uses science and lab experiments to give students a hands-on experience with evolution. As...
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