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.
Nothing About Us, Without Us
At Main Street Middle School, students are learning that success in STEM doesn’t come from getting everything right the first time.
Made in Vermont: Inspiring the Next Generation of Makers
Most people have an outdated vision of manufacturing. The misconception of a dirty, dangerous assembly line—where each worker is an irreplaceable cog in a high-output machine—is far from reality. Brian […]