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Teacher Spotlight: Cara Pekarcik, 2018 Massachusetts Teacher of the Year

Thursday, June 8, 2017 For Immediate Release Teacher Spotlight: Cara Pekarcik, 2018 Massachusetts Teacher of the Year The Museum Institute for Teaching Science (MITS) would like to congratulate [...]

By MITS Admin|2019-02-18T04:17:14+00:00June 8th, 2017|News|

“It was great to learn about how other teachers do things and find success.” – Fitchburg Public Schools Teacher

“Thank you so much. This has been an EXCELLENT course and I hope to take many more in the future.”
– Winchester Public Schools Teacher

“I am thinking a lot about how to make my lessons more engaging and more authentic as a result of today’s activities. I am also thinking of how to integrate phenomena learning into my classroom. I see how cool it is and how good it could be for engagement and learning.” – Easton Public Schools Teacher

“I loved this workshop! I was excited to go back for a second day when usually I can’t wait to leave from the first day in most workshops I attend. I hope to get more comfortable with using the Arduino and coding so that I can get some of my students interested too!” – Engaging Students in the Engineering Design Process Using Sensors Participant