By Sam Oldenburg and Tucker Covey
Ten middle school science teachers from across the United States engaged in a variety of hands-on lessons throughout the week as the inaugural class of National Stem Cell Foundation Scholars. The teachers were selected for the prestigious program through a competitive application process and able to attend at no cost thanks to a grant from the National Stem Cell Foundation. The teachers will return to their schools with a variety of ideas, lessons, and resources then reconvene in Washington, DC, in the winter to discuss their progress on individual challenge projects they will implement in their classrooms before returning to WKU next summer to share with the next class of NSCF Scholars.
