Each winning high school and college-level educator granted cash and innovation prizes valued at $5,500 for their creative usage of data-collection technology

Each of the winning teachers will get $1,000 in cash, $3,000 in Vernier products, and funding to go to the NSTA National Conference on Science Education or other science conference.

BEAVERTON, Oregon, May 18, 2021– In what has actually been an extremely challenging year for educators nationwide, numerous teachers have striven to engage students in hands-on science activities under uncommon situations. Four of these educators are being honored with the 2021 Vernier/NSTA Technology Awards from Vernier Software & & Technology and the National Science Teaching Association (NSTA). Chosen by a panel of NSTA-appointed professionals, this years winning educators– 3 high school teachers and one college teacher– showed how they innovatively use data-collection innovation to engage trainees in science and STEM learning.

” All of this years winning teachers have done a fantastic task at increasing students interest and awareness of STEM through real-world applications,” said John Wheeler, CEO of Vernier Software & & Technology.” We applaud their development and anticipate supporting their continuous work as they engage trainees in ingenious and brand-new methods through data collection and hands-on knowing.”

The 2021 Vernier/NSTA Technology Award winners include:

Classification: High School

Jacob Bowman, Western High School, Russiaville, IN

Anatomy and physiology trainer Benton Shriver has actually utilized Vernier data-collection technology in multiple settings over the previous eight years, including during in-the-field biology experiments sampling freshwater at turtle neighborhoods and most just recently as part of the Career Technology Centers Health Careers program. As part of this program, Shriver utilizes the technology to provide appealing hands-on knowing opportunities to teach practical and highly pertinent skills and material to students planning to get in the medical field.

Science teacher Joe Muise frequently engages his trainees in small-scale investigations utilizing data-collection innovation– from measuring temperature during a specific heat experiment to determining present and voltage throughout a variety of circuits experiments– to show his trainees that physics is all around them. Newly acquired digital sensors will assist students more accurately gather data throughout these experiments. Additionally, they will be utilized throughout a student-driven research study job Muise is creating in which trainees will have the ability to use their knowledge and explore areas of individual interest..

Benton Shriver, Canadian Valley Technology Center, Yukon, OK.

Joe Muise, St. Thomas More Collegiate, Burnaby, BC

Classification: College.

By supplying technology-supported knowing chances, in part using Vernier data-collection services, physics teacher Jacob Bowman has greatly increased student registration in physics classes. Activities such as a Biot-Savart Law experiment engage trainees as they develop and bring out investigations. With this award, Bowman plans to utilize probeware that interfaces directly with students iPad ® tablets in new and innovative ways, both in and out of the traditional lab setting.

Katrina Henry, Virginia Wesleyan University, Virginia Beach, VA

. Katrina Henry, an assistant teacher of physics and Earth/environmental research studies, plans to include physiology probeware and devices into the laboratories in the just recently developed Physics of Sound class for non-science majors. Trainees formerly took advantage of standard physics probeware the university currently had but will now have the ability to focus more on the biological aspect of physics of sound and making music– such as the quantity of oxygen used while singing and playing wind instruments– in a hands-on, data-driven way.

To discover more about the Vernier/NSTA Technology Awards, check out www.vernier.com/grants.  .

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Four of these teachers are being honored with the 2021 Vernier/NSTA Technology Awards from Vernier Software & & Technology and the National Science Teaching Association (NSTA). Chosen by a panel of NSTA-appointed specialists, this years winning teachers– 3 high school instructors and one college teacher– demonstrated how they innovatively use data-collection technology to engage trainees in science and STEM knowing.

Science instructor Joe Muise often engages his students in small investigations utilizing data-collection innovation– from measuring temperature level throughout a specific heat experiment to measuring current and voltage during a range of circuits experiments– to show his students that physics is all around them. Vernier Software & & Technology has led the innovation of instructional, clinical data-collection innovation for 40 years. The business is devoted to teachers and to developing imaginative ways to discover and teach science, mathematics, engineering, and innovation (STEM) utilizing hands-on science.

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. Vernier Software & & Technology has actually led the innovation of instructional, clinical data-collection technology for 40 years. The company is dedicated to instructors and to developing innovative methods to find out and teach science, innovation, mathematics, and engineering (STEM) utilizing hands-on science.

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