Tilly engages with young students at Central Elementary in Palacios, Texas.On Wednesday, June 28, Tilly made her debut in Palacios, Texas, at Central Elementary where she was welcomed by a cafeteria full of 150 Pre-K – 2nd grade students and 49 educators, parents, and community members. Special guests included a public librarian, Texas Workforce […]
NPI and Temple College Science Educator Symposium
NPI is supporting Temple College and ESC Region 12 in hosting a day of teacher collaboration and sharing of effective laboratory investigations and STEM ideas for secondary instruction. We seek to ignite educators, who then can return to their classrooms with rigorous and engaging lesson experiences to inspire students, colleagues, schools and communities. Teachers will […]
NPI & Brazosport College Summer STEM Camps
NPI & Brazosport College 2023 Summer STEM Camps WHO CAN ATTEND? For students who are 13 – 17 years of age Classes are Monday – Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. There is NO cost for students to participate in the Summer STEM Camps Choose from four great programs! Life is Science June […]
NPI 2023 Winter Newsletter
The Winter 2023 NPI Newsletter showcases the new stories, and announcements, among other notable NPI topics, since the Fall 2022 Newsletter published in October. Subscribe at the bottom of the newsletter to stay up-to-date on everything NPI-related! To read more visit: 2023 Winter Newsletter
2022-23 Clean SMARTS Master Class RELEASE
The wait is over! The Nuclear Power Institute (NPI) is ready to launch this year’s “2023 Clean SMARTS Master Class!” The NPI “2023 Clean SMARTS Master Class” is a FREE mini-series of courses that provide opportunities to hear from, learn from, and be inspired by experts in STEM career areas such as: Security: Power […]
“Powerful Opportunities for Women Eager and Ready for Science, Engineering, and Technology (POWER SET) Green” & “Getting Resilient on Engineering and Energy from Nuclear (GREEN) Day for Educators”
On Monday, November 14th, NPI hosted our first “Powerful Opportunities for Women Eager and Ready for Science, Engineering, and Technology (POWER SET) Green” and “Getting Resilient on Engineering and Energy from Nuclear (GREEN) Day for Educators” event, and it was an absolute success! Our POWER SET participants attended dressed for success and ready to learn […]
Palacios Junior High WIT Jr Takes a Trip to NASA Space Center Houston
On Friday, November 4th, members of the Palacios Junior High WIT Jr. program attended the Stars and STEM program at NASA Space Center Houston. This program immerses students in real scenarios that NASA astronauts and engineers participate in before, during, and after space flights. For this event, students designed “rovers” using Spero bots and programmed […]
Paul Guevarra’s 2022 Research Experience for Teachers (RET) poster
Veteran educator and NPI WIT sponsor, Paul Guevarra, recently presented his Research Experience for Teachers (RET) poster at the NSF Engineering Education and Centers Grantees Conference. The two-day conference was held at the Sheraton Pentagon City in Arlington, Virginia on September 22 – 23, 2022. His research has a poster titled “Fluid Dynamics Investigations of […]