UW to Host Teacher Research Knowledge Exchange Learning Showcase May 2

The University of Wyoming's Science and Mathematics Teaching Center will host the Teacher Research Knowledge Exchange (TRKE) Cohort 3 Learning Showcase Saturday, May 2, from 9-11 a.m. at Central Wyoming College's Lander Center.

The event will include a breakfast and conversation as teachers, field educators and researchers share the creative and meaningful ways they have brought Wyoming data into local learning spaces. The showcase is an opportunity to learn how Wyoming's stories, data and connections to water are being woven into K-12 classrooms across the state.

For more information and to register, go here.

The TRKE program brings together annual cohorts of Wyoming researchers, community partners and K-12 science educators who share an interest in connecting Wyoming data and place-based learning to classroom experiences.

Session topics, including titles and speakers, include:

-- "What We Take from the River: Gen Z Plans the Future of the Colorado River," Jamie Bellian, teacher, Skyline Academy, Sublette County School District 1.

-- "Current Comments on the Colorado River Basin Draft Environmental Impact Statement," Shelly Blonigen-Morgan,teacher, Laramie High School, Albany County School District 1.

-- "Using Narratives to Assess Student Knowledge of Geology Concepts," Chelsea Lund, science teacher, Black Butte High School, Sweetwater County School District 1.

-- "Sheridan Water Cycle Stakeholder Project," Kimberly Sulz and Sarah Flores, science teachers, Sheridan Junior High School, Sheridan County School District 2.

-- "A Climate of Uncertainty," Melissa Bukovsky, associate professor, UW Haub School of Environment and Natural Resources.

-- "Where Research Meets the Classroom: Sharing Wyoming Science Stories," Emma Carlson, community outreach coordinator II, UW Department of Botany.

-- "Weather Data Matters," Nikki Lally, middle school teacher, Laramie County School District 1.

-- "Applying Wave Technologies to Wyoming Climate Research," Jessica Stephens, science teacher, Rock Springs High School, Sweetwater County School District 1.

-- "Mathing Wyoming Rivers, Towns, People," Darwin St. Clair, a UW senior from Fort Washakie majoring in secondary education/mathematics and Native American/Indigenous studies.

-- "Wyoming Weather: An Elementary Science Lesson Plan Bank for K-5 Educators," Andrea Hayden, extensions team lead, Albany County School District 1.

-- "How Will a Changing Environment Affect Moose?" Luke Todd, geospatial analyst, Wyoming Geographic Information Science Center.

-- "Connecting Science and Native Ed for All Standards through Narrative: K-5, Middle School, High School," Mary Keller, senior lecturer, UW Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies.

-- "Social Science for K-12 Education: Match Data Resources to Wyoming Standards," Jake Hawes, assistant professor, UW School of Computing.

For more information, call Jessica Marcolini at (307) 766-3671 or email her at [email protected].