Michelle Paulsen (Northwestern’s Reach for the Stars Program Director) organized a three hour workshop to update Chicago-area teachers on
the new ‘Computational Thinking (CT) and Computational Modeling’ components of the Next Generation Science Standards on November 17^th.

Laura Trouille, CIERA fellow and Adler Astronomer, was one of the panelists for the discussion hour of the event. Physics graduate student and Reach for the Stars fellow Scott Mayle, along with a number of other former and current Reach for the Stars fellows, presented their CT-SEM curricular materials during the final hour.

For more information on the event, click here.

For more information on Northwestern’s Computational Thinking in STEM curricular materials and teacher professional development opportunities, click here.