STEM expert from Texas A&M at Qatar conducts professional development workshop for teachers
02 Mar 2021 - 7:05
The Peninsula
Doha: Texas A&M University at Qatar STEM expert Dr. Mohamed Gharib conducted LEGO Education Academy Teacher Professional Development Workshops for teachers at the Michael E. DeBakey High School and the Qatar Science and Technology Secondary School for Boys.
The workshop, LEGO MINDSTORMS Education EV3: Learning Through Play at School, is a hands-on, cross-curricular STEM solution that combines LEGO Technic elements, classroom-friendly software, and standards-aligned lessons to spark creative confidence and critical thinking.
This program tackles engineering, coding, and physics with intuitive guides and smart bricks and puts real-life STEM topics right at students’ fingertips.
Rizalia Klausmeyer
Research and teaching are not separate functions of the Baylor experience, but rather inform one another and enhance engaged learning for students. In this Baylor Connections, Dr. Rizalia Klausmeyer, director of the Office of Undergraduate Research in Baylor’s Office of Engaged Learning, describes the impact of research experiences for students and shares ways they can get involved in research across a variety of disciplines.
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Derek Smith:
Hello, and welcome to Baylor Connections, a conversation series with the people shaping our future. Each week we go in depth with Baylor leaders, professors, and more, discussing important topics in higher education, research and student life. I m Derek Smith and we are talking undergraduate research today with Dr. Rizalia Klausmeyer. Dr. Klausmeyer is the director of undergraduate research in Baylor s Office of Engaged Learning, and is a senior lecturer in chemistry an
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