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Butterfly on a flower

Dec 15, 2025

NC Teachers breathe new life into lessons through STEMwork

Hendersonville Middle School teacher Jill Jackson finds math problems in unexpected places. Consider the southern migration of the Monarch butterfly. Jackson turned their annual journey across North America into a seventh-grade math lesson about integers. Using project-based learning (PBL), Jackson’s students traced the latitude and longitude coordinates of Monarch butterflies as they migrated to Mexico.…
Trey Nichols teaches a lesson STEM concepts in clean energy

Dec 15, 2025

NC Teachers Bring Energy Science to Life

RALEIGH, N.C.⸺Pitt County Schools STEM Educator Jason Wade injected a dash of drama when he implemented his middle grades Project-Based Learning (PBL) unit on renewable energy as part of his fellowship this past spring.  Wade recruited a fellow educator from his 2023-24 Kenan Fellows cohort to act as a representative from a fictional renewable energy…
Kenan Fellows participate in professional development during the Summer Institute

Dec 15, 2025

NC Teachers Inspired and Rejuvenated After Summer PD

CULLOWHEE, N.C. — Surrounded by the picturesque North Carolina mountains, 29 teachers from across the state gathered in late June for a week that promised and delivered professional growth and a sense of belonging. The 2025–26 cohort of the Kenan Fellows Program for Teacher Leadership gathered June 23–27, 2025, at the N.C. Center for the Advancement of Teaching (NCCAT) for…
Tammy Hedgepeth and her industry mentor team at Astemo, Ltd

Dec 15, 2025

Edgecombe Teacher Learns Inner Workings of Astemo

Tammy Hedgepeth, a digital literacy coach at Princeville Elementary School in Edgecombe County, got an insider look into the inner workings of Astemo, Ltd. Below, Hedgepeth discusses her summer industry immersion experience in her own words. The N.C. Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI) is supporting her fellowship, which focuses on integrating computational thinking and computer…
Rick Lage and his mentor at TCOM

Dec 15, 2025

Camden Teacher Goes Inside TCOM

ELIZABETH CITY, N.C.⸺Camden County Schools science teacher Rick Lage spent part of his summer immersed in TCOM, the world’s only company focused on designing, manufacturing, and operating persistent surveillance aerostat systems. During his time at TCOM’s Elizabeth City facility, Lage explored its manufacturing, quality control, and test flight facilities. He also shadowed and interviewed over…