The Iowa State University College of Human Sciences communications office published a video by University Relations featuring how Iowa State and the Trinect program has assisted in bringing lessons about engineering into elementary schools, with the help of a $4.5 …
Trinect Fellow Spotlight – Zach Njus
Standing in front of a classroom of third graders, Zach Njus found himself in unfamiliar territory. A graduate student in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Zach didn’t grow up wanting to teach third grade and he admits he was …
Cooperating and Student Teachers Attend Professional Development Day
On October 23, cooperating teachers and students teachers came together at a Des Moines Elementary School as part of a mid-semester professional development day. Kristina Tank, Anne Estapa, and Joanne Olson led the meeting that provided teachers a …
Cowles Montessori Visits Iowa State
Thursday, October 29, fifth grade students from Cowles Montessori visited Iowa State’s Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering (ABE) with members of the Trinect triad that reside in their classroom. They were accompanied by their teacher, Mr. Egherman and …
Trinect Fellow Spotlight – Carolina Bermudez
Carolina Bermudez, a Fellow in South Union Elementary School with cooperating teacher Staja Schrek and student teacher Sarah Harmon, has followed a very unique path to becoming a Trinect triad team member. Carolina was raised in Argentina and …
Trinect Director Leads Continuing Education for Fellows
For Trinect Fellows, the classroom experience doesn’t end with their weekly visits to Des Moines elementary schools. Each Monday, our ten Fellows have been attending a science education seminar led by Joanne Olson and Raj Raman, two of …
Hexbugs Provide Learning Opportunity
With the school year well underway, the Trinect triads have begun moving and shaking- quite literally. This fall semester each group will teach a lesson using small robotic creatures called Hexbug® Nanos. Shaped like an insect and roughly …
New School Year Begins
The school year often signals new beginnings for students and teachers alike and this year is no different, especially for those involved in Trinect. On August 26th, the halls of elementary schools in the Des Moines Public School …
Trinect Summer Institute 2015
With the school year right around the corner, the Trinect staff and triad teams have been hard at work preparing for the next big adventure, the beginning of Trinect in Des Moines classrooms. This preparation came in the …
Kick Off
On April 28, Iowa State students in the College of Engineering had their first chance to meet their unlikely partners for this next year, student teachers in the School of Education. These students, paired together as part of …