Heidi Edwards wins grant award for STEM education program
¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ graduate ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ Heidi Edwards has been named a recipient of the 2022 Toshiba America Foundation (TAF) grant. Founded in 1990 with support from Toshiba Corporation and the Toshiba America Group Companies, TAF is a non-profit grant making organization dedicated to helping classroom teachers make STEM learning fun and successful for K to 12 ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈs in U.S. schools...
Heidi Edwards wins grant award for STEM education program
¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ graduate ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ Heidi Edwards has been named a recipient of the 2022 Toshiba America Foundation (TAF) grant. Founded in 1990 with support from Toshiba Corporation and the Toshiba America Group Companies, TAF is a non-profit grant making organization dedicated to helping classroom teachers make STEM learning fun and successful for K to 12 ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈs in U.S. schools...
¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ graduate ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ Heidi Edwards has been named a . Founded in 1990 with support from Toshiba Corporation and the Toshiba America Group Companies, TAF is a non-profit grant making organization dedicated to helping classroom teachers make STEM learning fun and successful for K to 12 ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈs in U.S. schools. TAF grants support public and nonprofit private schools throughout the United States.
The project, called “Taking Root to Inspire Change,” will allow Oakwood ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈs to refurbish the school’s greenhouse. “Trading the brick walls of a classroom for glass. Swapping textbooks for shovels and dirt,” writes Edwards. “These are possibilities with the implementation of the greenhouse project for Oakwood High School. Students will be exposed to their own plant blindness and learn how to see the world with a whole new perspective.”
Edwards is earning a Master of Arts (MA) in the biological sciences from ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ through Project Dragonfly’s Advanced Inquiry Program (AIP) while working full time as a science teacher in Dayton, Ohio. As an AIP ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ, Edwards takes web-based Miami courses and explores Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden and natural areas around Ohio. Edwards is connecting many of her master’s assignments into her work as a science teacher.