The Program in Teacher Preparation was featured in the news this summer for some of their science education outreach in collaboration with Princeton researchers and teaching staff. Public and private school teachers delve deep into scientific topics like climate change as part of a summer program to help the teachers better understand and then teach the concepts to kids. The QUEST (Questioning Underlies Effective Science Teaching) program features week-long deep dives on campus at Princeton, where the teachers love feeling like a student again! The video featured Prof. Laure Resplandy of Geosciences and HMEI; Dr. Jessica Monaghan, Assistant Director of STEM at TPP; Ms. Mary Beth Hughes, Lead Teacher, Hillsborough Township Schools; along with teacher participants- Ms. Barbara Cabrera of New Brunswick Public Schools, and Mr. Anthony Gachetti of Orange Public Schools. 

“Professor Resplandy was incredible not only in the breadth of knowledge, but in how to help us see connections between different things and being very intentional about addressing misconceptions in a meaningful way. I really liked the storytelling of data through art activity and can see using this activity in my middle school classes.” -2024 QUEST Participant