Teachers are anything but sedentary during the LANL Foundation’s Inquiry Science Education Consortium (ISEC) Summer Teachers’ Institute. As Terri Lindstrom, one of the Institute’s teacher trainers put it, “ISEC allows us to actually touch science.” Kindergarten teachers start their lessons on…
As long as she can remember, Mariah Gonzales has had a passion for reading. Her interest was flamed by an Abiquiu Elementary School librarian who would tip her off to new books and a grandmother who would take her to…
The unique landscape and cultural traditions of Northern New Mexico have long inspired artists, but sadly, many schools within this beautiful landscape lack art education programming. With the support of the LANL Foundation, ARTSmart NM was able to provide free…
The summer before his senior year, Nathaniel Gonzales started running toward his future. Staying with his older brother in the tiny town of Quemado, NM, Nathaniel would run the length of the village and back again, every single day. “I…
Caitlyn Cruz was in the softball dugout lacing her cleats when she got the call that she was the recipient of a $10,000 John & Marti Browne Leadership Scholarship from the LANL Foundation and Los Alamos Employees’ Scholarship Fund (LAESF).…
The Inquiry Science Education Consortium offers grade-specific STEM teaching and learning opportunities at the elementary school level. Complex science and engineering concepts are broken down into engaging activities with hands-on and minds-on lessons that link together various domains of science.…
Teachers are always on the go. They are required to focus on the needs of their students throughout the day with minimal breaks and little time for themselves. With this fast pace comes stress, fatigue and lack of self care. “As…
Teachers may be drawn to their profession for many different reasons, but when asked why they stay, they’d probably give a similar response. Passion for their students and guiding their learning keeps the bests educators coming back to the classroom…
More than 350 schools and community sites hosted Hour of Code learning events in New Mexico during national Computer Science Education Week, held December 3–7, 2018. New Mexico TechWorks and Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) connected local volunteers with classrooms throughout…
During the 2018 fall semester, the LANL Foundation K–12 Program team answered calls for support related to New Mexico’s newly adopted version of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). NM STEM Ready Standards raise the level of rigor and…