Joni Hood teaches 7th grade at Wingate Elementary School, a Bureau of Indian Education school, in New Mexico, and has participated in the QESST Research Experience for Teachers (RET) at UNM the last two years. She uses the stipend she receives from the QESST RET program to purchase Raycatcher cars to use in her classroom […]
QESST Participates in Houston Energy Day
The Houston Energy Day on October 18, 2014, attracted over 15,000 people, including students, educators, families and business leaders. QESST team members from University of Houston were one of the more than 70 interactive demonstrations and exhibits teaching students and their families about solar energy technology. […]
QESST at South Valley Academy
For the second year in a row, the QESST team at UNM talked up photovoltaics to the entire 6th grade class at South Valley Academy on October 22, 2014. South Valley is a Title 1 school that serves a heavily Hispanic community. Most students from South Valley will be the first in their families to […]
MESA Regional Workshop
On Sept. 20, 2014, QESST participated in the annual MESA Regional Workshop at Arizona State University’s Chandler Innovation Center. Forty teachers gathered from both the Central and Southern Regions of Arizona for a MESA Advisors Retreat. QESST’s Joe Carpenter and Tiffany Rowlands paired up and presented a lesson on maximizing the power of a solar […]
STEM Conference, September 27-28, 2013 in Dulles, Virginia
QESST will attend the NSF co-sponsored STEM Careers Fair in September 2013, in conjunction with the office of U.S. House Representative Frank Wolf. The Careers Fair will showcase exciting science and innovation with the goal of encouraging young people, especially in grades 7-12, to pursue careers in science and engineering. The Careers Fair will feature […]