Professional Development

Using Design Thinking in your classroom equips students with the problem solving skills to tackle real world challenges and foster creativity and collaboration. Outcomes: - Educators will learn the step-by-step process to implement design thinking in their classrooms About the Presenter: Liz Gallo is an educator, innovator, and visionary leader dedicated to shaping dynamic educational […]

Join us for a session about ways to build STEM skills using project-based learning as a part of your afterschool program. Project-based learning is fun and it can support academic growth - especially STEM skills - without feeling like school. We will explore ways that kids can go deep in areas of interest using project-based […]

Questions are the beginning of a path towards discovery, imagination, and STEM exploration. How can we help youth expand and clarify their thinking and develop their reasoning through the questions we ask them? This module is designed for educators who would like to grow in their practice within a supportive group of other educators. The […]

Register Here This exclusive virtual professional development workshop, developed by the National Inventors Hall of Fame, offers the opportunity to participate in a hands-on experience using teaching and learning strategies to incorporate STEM and invention education into the classroom. Participants will receive their own materials kit to use during the workshop. Outcomes: - Uncover dynamic […]

Register Here Join Technovation to explore how to collaborate to promote student leadership, agency, and civic engagement. Grab free resources to facilitate a "Tech for Social Good" experience with youth […]

We will building circuits and create reusable circuit components from common or easily purchased materials such as paper, copper tape, paper clips, aluminum foil, etc. Outcomes: - Explore simple circuit […]

Register Here Want to start a STEM club, but not sure where to begin? Maybe you have limited time, resources, or STEM experience—but you know how important it is to […]

  Description: Chip Kids is a series of short videos that explore STEM concepts related to microchips. Microchips are found in electronic devices all around us, from computers to rocket […]

Northland Workforce Training Center was strategically built in 2018 in Buffalo NY to serve as a pipeline to great careers in advanced manufacturing. We currently have 3,000 open jobs to […]