Are you ready to take your teaching career on the road? TAME is now hiring a third Trailblazer Facilitator to bring the excitement of STEM to students all across the state. Every year, our science-museums-on-wheels travel over 18,000 miles and engage over 20,000 students with electrifying hands-on exhibits. TAME is putting the call out to […]
Teachers
Harnessing Brain Power in Odessa
TAME Teacher and Alumnus Jeff Vann helps a student at UTPB Academy learn to use power tools in a class engineering project. “I remember being in school and feeling like there was a stigma on the smart kids. Even now, kids feel like it’s not okay to be the smart kid in the class, or […]
Compete Like a Scientist: How to Talk To Your Students About Winning and Losing
“It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer.” – Albert Einstein Now that TAME’s Competition season is over, it’s a good time to talk with your students about winning and losing. In this article, we’ll explore the “growth mindset,” a simple but revolutionary approach to learning that celebrates the […]
Teacher’s View: Why Does Dixie Ross Love TAME?
“My former student brought along a note that I had written twenty years earlier listing everyone who had signed up for our field trip…until [then], I had no idea of the impact this TAME field trip had on those kids.Now, they’re all thriving professionals who feel a responsibility to pay forward the opportunity that they […]