My students will benefit from my summer externship in many ways. The main reason is because I spent my summer working to develop engineering lessons that reflect what is being done at NC State’s FREEDM Systems Center. I will be piloting these lessons in my classroom this year. I will also be able to back up my claims of what scientists and engineers need to know and the kinds of jobs they are involved in because of my first-hand experiences touring many facilities and engineering departments at NC State.

Another big influence on my teaching is the result of the great professional development that we had at NCCAT and in Raleigh. I am writing this from my classroom on the fourth day of the school year. My classes have loved playing kahoot.it, which I learned about at NCCAT. I have no doubt that they will learn so much more with this form of review because it is so fun! They want to play the same game (which basically amounts to taking a quiz) multiple times!

The KFP has been a great experience so far and is already changing the way I teach STEM topics and present material.