Bridging the Tech Divide: How BRIC Is Revitalizing Rural Vermont’s STEAM Education

From drone soccer to virtual reality, BRIC is redefining STEAM education and preparing Vermont students for a rapidly changing world.
Dedication to Detail: Preserving the Art of Collection, Cataloging, and Observation

Small herbaria play a critical but often overlooked role in climate change research, biodiversity conservation, and natural history education. Through the digitization of a historic Vermont herbarium collection, students at Bennington College are preserving valuable botanical records while contributing to a growing network of scientific data used by researchers across North America.
Try, Fail, Learn, Repeat: Building a STEM Mindset at Main Street Middle School

Discover how Main Street Middle School in Montpelier, Vermont is building STEM learning through hands-on physical computing, coding, and an engineering mindset that encourages students to try, fail, learn, and repeat.
Learning to Question: Students Explore Neuroscience with NSF STRIVE workshop

What sound did you hear—“va” or “ba”?
A simple question sparked a deeper exploration into how the brain shapes perception, as students at Bellows Falls Union High School discovered that learning begins not with answers, but with better questions.