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#ProjectMartian: Chapter 4 – Two Gardens, Two Worlds
One of the 21 trips with Biomass from Mezzacello to PAST Innovation Labs By early spring of 2020 #ProjectMartian was in full pivot. The...
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79 | Online Opportunities to Learn From Indigenous American Voices, Cultures, & Perspectives |
2020 has brought a lot of challenges. But at the same time, it’s brought a lot of opportunities to access educational resources from all...
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#ProjectMartian: Chapter 3 – The Weight of the World is Dirt or the #Zerodirt #ZeroWaste Beds
By Jim Bruner Shelter in Place (SIP) orders were not an impediment to continuing the work that the PAST Foundation had committed to as we...
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78 | #ProjectMartian: Farming on Mars, Food Scarcity, & Urban Sustainability | with Jim Bruner
This is the question that we wanted to answer when we started #ProjectMartian. Inspired by our previous SOIL Lab Project and a forced...
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77 | Internships, Manufacturing, & The Future of Work | with Rosemary Coates & Ryan Edward
When the PAST Foundation travels around the country to talk to policymakers, colleges, universities, and trade schools, there’s one topic...
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76 | Teaching Teachers in 2020: Inside Ohio University’s STEM+ for All Program | with Mary Schneider
Today we’re talking to a few of the people who participated in one of The Ohio University’s most unique teaching programs: the STEM+ for...
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75 | Global Competencies for K-12: Agency, Entrepreneurialism, Altruism, Advocacy, Citizenship, Deep
Karen Yager’s dream started three years ago when she was watching the 9th and 10th grade students at Knox Grammar School in New South...
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Special Edition: Ensuring Personal Connections with Your Students During a Global Pandemic | with Al
Alyssa Reder, PAST’s “Baroness of Balance” working with students out in the community. Prior to the impacts of COVID-19 on teaching and...
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#ProjectMartian: Chapter 1 – Preparing for Launch
The Sultan of Systems (AKA as Jim Bruner) working with I Know I can Summer Camp Students to set the initial growing beds at PAST...
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Special Edition: Thinking About Teaching and Communication in a Virtual Environment | with Ashley Pr
Ashley Price PAST’s Khalesi of Curiosity exploring Virtual Learning in Minecraft covering fractions. There has been so much angst about...
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Special Edition: Quick Modification of Activities for a Wide Range of Learners with Alyssa Reder and
Ashley Price, Khalesi of Curiosity at PAT Foundation working with students in Summer Student Programs during #COVID19 As teachers,...
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Mentorship: A Human Condition
Mentorship is an alchemy: When it is done well it changes both parties. I have been a mentor for 20 years, but I have been mentored my...
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74 | Cultivating Creative & Civic Capacities | with Jennifer Lehe, Jason Blair, & Britanie
Today we’re talking to three guests who are involved with the Cultivating Creative & Civic Capacities project, “a 3-year...
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#ProjectMartian: A Non-Profit’s Mission to Innovate and Feed During COVID19
Adding nutrients to the #zerodirt garden beds at Mezzacello resetting them after harvesting shallots and onions. A Multipart PAST...
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73 | Implementing Student-Centered Education & Collaboration: Where Do We StarT? | with Outi Ha
Our guest is Outi Haatainen, who is one of the facilitators for the StarT program created by LUMA Centre Finland and a doctoral candidate...
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72 | Innovation in Crisis: Thinking Differently During the COVID-19 Pandemic | with Mike Wiseman
So, what does that kind of forced pivot look like within a big organization? And how can we prepare kids now to be able to think more...
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STEM in the Community
A Summer Experience By Alyssa Reder It is August of 2020 as I sit at my desk in our offices. It is eerily quiet in the vast open area...
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71 | What All Educators Can Learn from Camp Invention: Hands-On Learning, Low-Tech STEM, & Remo
Our guest today is Krissy Hostetler, Education Team Specialist at the National Inventors Hall of Fame (NIHF) in Akron, Ohio, which hosts...
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70 | Empowering Social Change | with Adam Morris
It was asking himself that question—how can I make an impact?—that led Adam Morris to his current career as a social impact coach who is...
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69 | Equipping, Empowering, & Inspiring Kids in Tech | with Olu Ibrahim
That’s why Olu Ibrahim created Kids in Tech, a nonprofit that strives to excite, educate, and empower children to acquire skills and...
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